Pandya, Yatin
Tale of Juxtaposed Duality - Vol.36(8), August - New Delhi Burda Media India Private Limited 2019 - 22-28p.
A living history transcends time to become a tradition. Tradition remains alive for the fact that it constantly updates itself to suit the changed time and circumstances. The architecture of Ahmedabad, through history, has stemmed from such a spirit of constant updating and change. The works of the two modern masters, that is, Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn, in Ahmedabad, while imbibing the ethos of the place, reinterpret its visual syntax, evolving intriguing compositions on city’s historic architectural canvas. Ahmedabad, which boasts of five designs by Le Corbusier, provided a free ground for him to realize many of his architectural theories to their fullest potential. The Sanskar Kendra at Ahmedabad, for example, as a precursor to his museums in Chandigarh or Tokyo, is the first realization of Le Corbusier’s idea of the museum of unlimited growth, the spiralling, ever growing, yet standardized exhibition space conceived by him in 1929 at the Geneva Exhibition Pavilion.
URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN (AR-UPD)
Tale of Juxtaposed Duality - Vol.36(8), August - New Delhi Burda Media India Private Limited 2019 - 22-28p.
A living history transcends time to become a tradition. Tradition remains alive for the fact that it constantly updates itself to suit the changed time and circumstances. The architecture of Ahmedabad, through history, has stemmed from such a spirit of constant updating and change. The works of the two modern masters, that is, Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn, in Ahmedabad, while imbibing the ethos of the place, reinterpret its visual syntax, evolving intriguing compositions on city’s historic architectural canvas. Ahmedabad, which boasts of five designs by Le Corbusier, provided a free ground for him to realize many of his architectural theories to their fullest potential. The Sanskar Kendra at Ahmedabad, for example, as a precursor to his museums in Chandigarh or Tokyo, is the first realization of Le Corbusier’s idea of the museum of unlimited growth, the spiralling, ever growing, yet standardized exhibition space conceived by him in 1929 at the Geneva Exhibition Pavilion.
URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN (AR-UPD)