On October 10 and 11, 2024, at 6:00 p.m., the Voyage à Chandigarh exhibition will take place in the new “Imaginaires d’Architecture Galerie” space, created by architect Myriam Szwarc, located at 5 Rue de Rochebrune in the 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Chandigarh Legislative Assembly, Le Corbusier, 1951 © Manuel Bougot – FLC / ADAGP 2024
This exhibition will showcase photographs taken by Manuel Bougot in Chandigarh, highlighting this major Corbusian architectural work in the history of modern architecture.
The project for the new city of Chandigarh, built between 1950 and 1965 by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, oscillates between social utopia and aesthetic ideal. For this project, Le Corbusier organized the city around the four functions he held dear: housing, work, recreation, and transportation. To facilitate mobility, he categorized the traffic routes based on their speed, added bicycle paths, and designed the city’s sectors as autonomous spaces where all shops are accessible within a 10-minute walk.
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret’s groundbreaking work made Chandigarh a symbol of modernization and democratization in India after its independence in 1947.
Chandigarh High Court, Le Corbusier, 1954-1956 © Manuel Bougot – FLC / ADAGP 2024
Chandigarh School and College, Pierre Jeanneret © Manuel Bougot – FLC / ADAGP 2024
Manuel Bougot is an architecture and urbanism photographer based in Paris. Since 2009, his work on Le Corbusier’s projects in India has been featured in international exhibitions.
His “Chandigarh” series has been exhibited in India (New Delhi, 2012), in France (Rencontres d’Arles, 2015), and in Wales (Cardiff International Festival of Photography, 2017).
He has contributed to numerous reports and publications on modern architecture, including works by Jean Prouvé, Le Corbusier, and Renzo Piano. He is also an active member of the association “Eileen Gray – Etoile de Mer – Le Corbusier,” dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the “Cap Moderne” architectural site in Roquebrune-Cap Martin.
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