Le Corbusier Album Punjab, 1951

• Verfasst von: Le Corbusier [VerfasserIn] [IllustratorIn]
• Titel: Le Corbusier Album Punjab, 1951
• Titelzusatz: croquis, dessin
• Mitwirkende: Casciato, Maristella [VerfasserIn einer Einleitung] [KommentarverfasserIn]
• Mitwirkende: Jeanneret, Pierre [FotografIn]
• Werktitel: Album Punjab Simla
• Verf.angabe: introduction and commentary by Maristella Casciato ; photographs by Pierre Jeanneret
• Ausgabe: Facsimile edition with commentary
• Verlagsort: Zurich
• Verlag: Lars Müller Publishers
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: [2024]
• Umfang: 143 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Format: 31.5 cm x 23.5 cm
• Begleitmaterial: Faksimile des spiralgebundenen Notizbuchs (27 gezählte Seiten, 34 ungezählte Seiten, 1 loses Blatt)
• Schrift/Sprache: Text englisch und französisch
• ISBN: 978-3-03778-706-9
• Schlagwörter: (g)Chandigarh / (s)Stadtplanung / (p)Le Corbusier
• Sprache: eng fre
• K10plus-PPN: 1801441596

Abstract

This reprint of the notebook "Album Punjab Simla. Chandigarh, Mars 1951" kept by Le Corbusier (1887-1965) during his two-week visit to the Indian state of Punjab in anticipation of the planning and construction of Chandigarh, presents his written or sketched memos and personal reflections as well as notes and schematic solutions elaborated during meetings. The Album Punjab constitutes a primary source for reconstructing the topics addressed by the small team of architects and governmental officials who in only a few days developed the outlines of the Chandigarh plan. - The spiralbound notebook facsimile is accompanied by a paperback volume featuring previously unpublished photographs taken by Le Corbusier's cousin Pierre Jeanneret (1896-1967) during this early expedition. The detailed commentary by architectural historian Maristella Casciato reflects upon the variety of topics assembled in the notebook and retraces the story of these days in which the new capital city was planned. By transcribing Le Corbusier's famously illegible handwriting in French and English, this book allows its readers complete access to the architect’s mind.