Photographs of Chandigarh

Part of:

Fonds: Pierre Jeanneret fonds, 1870s-2011
Series: Photographies de Chandigarh et de l’Inde reproduites pour expositions = Photographs of Chandigarh and India reproduced for exhibitions, 1951-1965
Sub-series: Photographies pour une exposition à Chandigarh et à Lausanne, 2005 = Photographs for an exhibition at Chandigarh and Lausanne, 2005, between 1951 and 1965

People:

Pierre Jeanneret (archive creator)
Pierre Jeanneret (architect)
Pierre Jeanneret (subject)
Unknown (photographer)
Le Corbusier (architect)
Le Corbusier (subject)
Parmeshwari Lal Varma (subject)

Title:

Photographs of Chandigarh

Date:

between 1951 and 1965

Description:

Group consists of photographs of Chandigarh, India, including:
- Bas-relief of a tree in concrete
- Bas-relief of the "Modulor Man" in concrete
- The Assembly tower in construction in the Capitol Complex
- Detail of the Assembly cornice (2 photographs)
- Workers in a scaffolding
- Women carrying a basket in their hands
- The administration building at the Panjab University in sector 14
- Children and a baby sleeping in a basket
- Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Parmeshwari Lal Varma discussing in front of the Chandigarh general layout model

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
10 photograph(s)

Extent and medium:

10 photographs

Technique and media:

Copy prints mounted on aluminum

Dimensions:

sheets: 43,5 × 43,5 cm

Reference number:

ARCH269673

Credit line:
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret

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