Join the Center for Architecture for a discussion on Le Corbusier Album Punjab, 1951 (Lars Müller Publishers, 2024).

In 1951 Le Corbusier was invited to the Indian state of Punjab to help develop the master plan for the new capital of the region, Chandigarh. During his two-week visit, Le Corbusier kept a notebook which this new facsimile edition reconstructs. Known as the “Album Punjab,“ it constitutes a primary source for reconstructing the questions that a small team of architects and government officials faced in the early days of planning the capital of Chandigarh, the most widely known example of a city built from the ground up.

An accompanying volume features previously unpublished photographs by Le Corbusier’s cousin Pierre Jeanneret who joined him on the first expedition to Punjab. Architectural historian Maristella Casciato traces the story of their momentous trip and also transcribes Le Corbusier famously illegible handwriting.

Speakers
Maristella Casciato, Senior Curator & Head of Architectural Collections, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. From 2008 to 2010 she was the chair of Docomomo International.
Pippo Ciorra, Senior Curator, MAXXI Architettura, Rome

Full speaker bios can be found on the registration page.

Thursday November 21, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Place
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