GOVERNOR PUNJAB AND ADMINISTRATOR, UT, CHANDIGARH,
INAUGURATES NEW M. ARCH. BLOCK AT CHANDIGARH COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
National Tele24 news
Vinay Kumar Sharma
Chandigarh
Hon’ble Sh. V P Singh Badnore,
Governor Punjab and Administrator, UT Chandigarh inaugurated M.Arch block
at Chandigarh College of Architecture, today in the presence of Sh.
Dharam Pal, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, Chandigarh Administration; Sh.
Yashpal Garg, IAS, Secretary Technical Education cum Chief Executive Officer,
Chandigarh Housing Board, Chandigarh; Sh. Jagjit Singh, PCS, Additional
Secretary Technical Education, Chandigarh Administration; Sh. C B Ojha, Chief
Engineer, Chandigarh Administration, Chandigarh; Sh. Kapil Setia, Chief
Architect, Department of Urban Planning, Chandigarh Administration and Prof.
Arun Grover, former Vice Chancellor, Panjab University, Chandigarh. The
postgraduate programme was initiated in 2018 and the foundation stone was laid
by Ms Kirron Kher, Member of Parliament, Chandigarh Constituency in 2019.
The building has been completed in 24 months and was appreciated for its
simplicity of the structure and materials used. Dr Sangeeta Bagga Mehta,
Principal, Chandigarh College of Architecture explained the different studio
projects and research exercises exhibited by the preceding M. Arch. batches and
the capacity building initiative undertaken through Institutional Consultancy
and other outreach activities by students and faculty. The M.Arch. block is an
expression of Brutalism and Minimalism and the honesty of material the beton
brut (exposed reinforced concrete) vocabulary defining Chandigarh and signifies
the cultural continuity of the design philosophy of Le Corbusier, Pierre
Jeanneret, Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew - the makers of the city. It takes
inspiration from the Grade I undergraduate block. Its salient features
are exposed RCC beam and column structure, exposed brick facades and north
light interiors
No comments:
Post a Comment