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Palace of Assembly

by: Dilan

Le Corbusier, a swiss architect, always dreamt of creating an ideal city and at
350 kilometers above sea level in the sweltering planes of the Punjab lies his vision. In a country that lives through its past glory, Chandigarhs imposing grid stamps indian society with a heavily european influence. A city composed of government buildings and monuments that float upon a vast artificial lake.  Chandigarh is the ripple between east and west, A 1950s Corbusian ideal in a land deep rooted in tradition. 

The Palace of Assembly is the solidification of the infinite western grid.  Masked by a colonnade baring an inverted barrel vault that bends your periphery. The lake frames the structure mirroring the grid into the intangible. The Palace of Assembly holds a large assembly hall that pierces the heart of the structure bridging the void between heaven and earth. 

To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects. - Le Corbusier 

In its present state the idyllic glory of the Palace of Assembly has dwindled. Time has stained its pristine exterior, the sacred lake has become utilitarian. The product of a push for a post-colonial city and Le Corbusier’s rational ideology, The Palace of Assembly stands as monument of a romanticized India.