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Chandigarh Before Chandigarh
Journeys and translation
Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, Maristella Casciato, Casablanca Chandigarh: A Report on Modernization
3 March 2016
Journeys and translation
The beginning of the 1950s was a moment of global upheaval. From India to Morocco, from Guatemala to Indochina, the process of decolonization gained momentum and the Cold War began. Architects working or acting as experts in the non-Western areas of the globe could no longer plan as if sites were terrains vague and people were mute subjects. The end of colonial(...)
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Casablanca, Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, Jeanneret, Morocco, Punjab, India, Morocco, modernism, Africa, Takashi Homma, Yto Barrada
26 November 2013 to 20 April 2014
How architects, experts, politicians, international agencies and citizens negotiate modern planning: Casablanca Chandigarh
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The beginning of the 1950s was a moment of global upheaval. From India to Morocco, from Guatemala to Indochina, the process of decolonization gained momentum and the Cold War began. Architects working or acting as experts in the non-Western areas of the globe could no longer plan as if sites were terrains vague and people were mute subjects. The end of colonial(...)
Main galleries Keyword(s):
Casablanca, Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, Jeanneret, Morocco, Punjab, India, Morocco, modernism, Africa, Takashi Homma, Yto Barrada
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A collection of Chandigarh
30 April 2020
Maristella Casciato: Introducing Pierre Jeanneret—architect, designer, educator—in Chandigarh
On 18 November, Maristella Casciato, CCA Senior Mellon Fellow and Professor of Architectural History, School of Architecture “Aldo Rossi” at Cesena, University of Bologna, speaks on the pivotal contribution of Pierre Jeanneret to the construction of Chandigarh, India. The lesser-known cousin of the famous Le Corbusier, this seminar presents “another” view of Pierre Jeanneret.
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Presented in English Keyword(s):
Maristella Casciato, Pierre Jeanneret
18 November 2010 , 6PM
Maristella Casciato: Introducing Pierre Jeanneret—architect, designer, educator—in Chandigarh
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On 18 November, Maristella Casciato, CCA Senior Mellon Fellow and Professor of Architectural History, School of Architecture “Aldo Rossi” at Cesena, University of Bologna, speaks on the pivotal contribution of Pierre Jeanneret to the construction of Chandigarh, India. The lesser-known cousin of the famous Le Corbusier, this seminar presents “another” view of Pierre Jeanneret.
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Presented in English Keyword(s):
Maristella Casciato, Pierre Jeanneret
1st December 2022
Shaughnessy House Keyword(s):
research fellow 2022, seminar, research, Manu P. Sobti, Chandigarh, Pierre Jeanneret, landscape, photography, 1st december 2022
1 December 2022, 6pm
Shaughnessy House Keyword(s):
research fellow 2022, seminar, research, Manu P. Sobti, Chandigarh, Pierre Jeanneret, landscape, photography, 1st december 2022
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