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The Chandigarh School of Architecture (1961-1965)

No. 9 (2011-12-01)
  • María Cecilia O’Byrne
    1Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. mobyrne@uniandes.edu.co Arquitecta, Universidad de los Andes. Magíster en Historia: Arte, Arquitectura y Ciudad y Doctora en Proyectos Arquitectónicos, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Barcelona, España. Profesora asociada, Departamento de Arquitectura, Universidad de los Andes.
  • Santiago Medina Duque
    2Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. s.medina40@uniandes.edu.co Estudiante de arquitectura, Universidad de los Andes.
  • Martín Villegas Salazar
    3Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. martinvisal@gmail.com Arquitecto y Título de Especialización en arquitectura y ciudad, Universidad de los Andes.
https://doi.org/10.18389/dearq9.2011.12

Abstract

Le Corbusier always maintained an unruly attitude toward architectural instruction: his very success came from the fact he was an autodidact. So why, then, did he build a School of Architecture in Chandigarh? This paper presents general facts about the project and about its relationship with the College of Arts project located in the same city. The paper searches for ways in which the project demonstrates itself as a very Lecorbuserian method of architectural instruction, through a model that based on the Modulor creates a building designed for unlimited horizontal expansion, or mat-building.

Keywords: School of Architecture, Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, Mat-Building