SITE ANALYSIS.

LOCATION:
CAPITOL COMPLEX, CHANDIGARH
SITE AREA:
16,500M2(1.65 HECTARE)
GOOGLE EARTH:
LATITUDE: 304536.66N
LONGITUDE: 764822.24E
MAX BUILT UP AREA:
30800 square metre
(Area of the basement is not included)

FEASIBILITY OF MUSEUM OF
KNOWLEDGE IN CHANDIGARH:
Museum of Knowledge must be utilized to regain
free and open citizen access to the capitol, as a
place of democracy, which has been lost due to
security concerns in the age of terrorism.
BEST TIME TO VISIT CHANDIGARH (I)hot- mid-march to mid-june

HOT; 26%
HUMID; 26%

MAX GROUND COVERGE: 30%

The maximum building/structure height
Allowed is 18 metres above site level and
6 metres below site level.

SITE PHOTOS

COLD

HOT

HUMID

PLEASANT

(Ii) humid-late-june to midseptember

(Iii) pleasant- mid september
to mid-november
(Iv) cold- mid november to
mid-march

THE SITE:

SITE TOPOGRAPHY:
The site is 3.5m above ground level.

SKYLINE:

APPROCH TO SITE:
The capitol complex was strategically
placed at the northern most edge of the
city.
The complex is approached by an
extension road, origination from the jan
marg and dividing the capitol plane into two
virtual halves.

SITE SURROUNDING
THE OPEN HAND:

The most thoroughly developed of the chandigarh monuments as well as

the most important as a compositional element in the capitol complex is
the monument of the open hand.
It says "open to give, open to receive". The open hand, like the museum
of knowledge, serves to define the outer edge of the capitol complex and
to uphold a man made sculptural from against the rugged profile
THE ASSEMBLY
the himalayas . the hand rises 85 feet from an excavated plaza, which is
provided for debate on public affairs.
The giant hand is designed to turn on ball bearings to indicate
THE ASSEMBLY:
The assembly was conceived as a
symbolically the direction of the wind that is the state of affairs.
The surface of the hand was to be coated with baked enamel in orange,
rectilinear structure.
THE OPEN
It is square in plan with a monumental white and green the colors of the indian flag
HAND
portico facing the main plaza.
On the lateral facades both the portico
and the office block would be defined
HIGH COURT:
by solid and walls.
It has a rhythmicarcade created by a
The large chamber is in hyperbolic form
parasol-like roof, which shades the entire
of the cooling tower with an average
building.
thickness of 15cm.
Keeping in view the special dignity of the
The small council chamber are in
entrance for them through a high portico
rectilinear frame.
resting on three giant pylons painted in
The upper portion of the tower is
bright colours
extending above the roof line.
Double roof.
An assembly chamber is 128 ft in dia at
Rough concrete finished ramp.
its base and rises to 124 ft at its higest
The entrance lobby is paved with whitish
point.
flag stone set in the rows of varying widths.
This tower was designed to ensure the
The horizontal circulation, consisting of open
natural light, ventilation and proper
corridors on the rear faade, is also
acoustics.
ineffectively sheltered.
Separate circulation accommodation of
TOWER OF SHADOW:
all groups is provided.
Just beyond the solar monument is the tower of
shadows a demonstration of corbusier's theories of
sun control, consisting of a series of platforms
oriented to the cardinal points and containing sun
breakers on three sides (except north).
This concrete structure is a culmination of the in
TOWER OF
depth studies of corbusier on the path of the sun and
THE HIGH COURT
SHADOW
ways to control its penetration in to the built up