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PIERRE JEANNERETCONTRIBUTION TO THE URBAN FABRIC OF CHANDIGARH

COLLABORATIVE WORKSHOP

UNIVERSITY OF BEZALEL | CHANDIGARH COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE.

HOUSE TYPE 4J

House number 57 of the 4J typology

of government housing by Jeanneret

was his home for the period between

1954-1965 while work for theChandigarh project was underway.

PRIVATE RESIDENCE

JEANNERET HOUS


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UNIVERSITY OF BEZALEL | CHANDIGARH COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE.

Jeannerets preference towards rubble

masonry over exposed or plastered

brickwork stands on proud display at

his former home.

The intensely private character that

his houses display is best observed

here, with the massive porch and side

wall of raw stone that hinder any

intrusion into the home, yet seem to

embrace the house protectively with

their gentle curved profiles.

PRIVATE RESIDENCE

JEANNERET HOUS


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UNIVERSITY OF BEZALEL | CHANDIGARH COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE. PRIVATE RESIDENCE

JEANNERET HOUS

The house was carved out of a cuboid

with rectangular areas of plastered,

white lime washed surfaces contrasting

with perforated brick screens.

The compact duplex structure used

minimal circulation area to achieve

segregation between private, semi

pribvar=te and service spaces. Each

room opened into a garden, verandah or

terrace intelligently placed. The roof

terrace was used for open air

activities.


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JEANNERET HOUS


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JEANNERET HOUS


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Commissioned by Ms. Nirlep Kaur, then a

prominent MP in Punjab, the Sector 4

residence was completed by Jeanneret in

1961.

RESIDENCE FOR MS. NIRLEP KAUR

HOUSE NUMBER 33, SECTOR 4

PLOT AREA 4100 SQM.

COVERED AREA 900 SQM.

MS. NIRLEP KAURS HOUS


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Commissioned by Ms. Nirlep Kaur, then

a prominent MP in Punjab, the Sector

4 residence was completed by

Jeanneret in 1961.

The simplicity of the front faade

hardly prepares one for the dramatic

experience of stepping into the house

itself. The subdued and private front

of the house is set to guard the

cheerfully bright and large communal

space at the heart of the house that

extends over both floors and opens

out to the large rear yard with its

iconic pool, said to be the first in

the city.



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Designed 1923-1925 as a residence

for Swiss banker Raoul La Roche,

Villa Roche is the quintessence

of Le Corbusiers modern approach

to housing.

The Villa acted as an exhibition

space for Mr. Roches collection of

avant-garde artwork, and is a pure

assemblage of spatial volumes that

interlocks the dual programs of

home and gallery.



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1. the subdued frontage. 2. concrete sun shades to the

west. 3. concrete jaali. 4. the rear faade



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VILLA LA ROCHE, PARI

Designed 1923-1925 as a residence

for Swiss banker Raoul La Roche,

Villa Roche is the quintessence

of Le Corbusiers modern approach

to housing.

The Villa acted as an exhibition

space for Mr. Roches collection of

avant-garde artwork, and is a pure

assemblage of spatial volumes that

interlocks the dual programs of

home and gallery.

VILLA LA ROCHE, PARIS


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VILLA LA ROCHE, PARI


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Gautam Sahgal bought his piece of land n

August 1953 for the sum of Rs 22,218, and

was directed to complete the construction

of a residential unit on it within five

years.

The Sahgal home was designed as a duplex

unit with public spaces and service areas

on the ground floor, and bedrooms on the

upper floor. These were arranged in a

single row oriented towards a view of

Sukhna lake and the hills in the

distance.

GAUTAM AND NAYANTARA SAHGALS HOUSE

RESIDENCE FOR GAUTAM SAHGAL


PLOT AREA 3420 SQM.


PIERRE JEANNERET


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The functional and aesthetic value of

the house arises from the imaginative

regard for the whole house as a kind

of abstract sculpture.

Its most dramatic feature was a ramp

connecting the ground to the first

floor from the entrance, a bold design

statement, setting off the black

terrazzo floors and white painted

walls. The rooms reached by a ramp

from the entrance seem to be hollowed

out spaces unfolding into each other

in ever-changing patterns.

A shallow pool (built against Gautam

Sahgals wishes) separated the two

wings of the house.

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Jeanneret arrives small, bald, with fringe of

longish white hair at base of skull. Bow tie, bell-

bottom trousers.

You and me combat? he asks. I assure him no

combat. Then why this here? This is Ranjitschest-expander lying on stool, which I assure

Jeanneret is not preparation for combat. We study

ramp. Gautam gives alternative solution which he had

propounded two nights earlier when he, I, and Shiv

returned from Bill Mathulas dinner. Solution: Wall

to break up hall. Lower half of ramp to be replaced

by staircase. Solution presented by Gautam as mine.

Jeanneret aghast. Pronounces it architectural

imbecility.Le ramp est le ramp! Cannot be half

stair, half ramp! Adds: Le ramp est signature of

house! Adds: This no bourgeois conception like

every other house of staircase. Says Gautam: My

wife thinks entrance dominated by ramp resembles

airport.Jeanneret burst out: Butairport one very

modern building! I venture to say airport inside

house rather inconvenient. Feel I am culprit as

Gautam declares he loves ramp. Argument back where

we started.

We repair to drawing room to resume drink, then

again to corridor to study ramp. Le ramp

majestique! One beautiful view of whole corridor

upon entrance, says Jeanneret. Much discussion, at

end of which Jeanneret says, Only for you will

think of systÈAme. But very difficile. Must keep lavÈ9rite.I agree. So grateful that Jeanneret will

think of systÈAme that I invite him to soup and

salad on 9th. The ramp stayed.

Anokha (so named by Nehru) was built with Nayantara in mind, but she was

far from happy with its design. She disliked the ramp intensely, said it

made her feel as if she were in an airport, and complained about the

sheer impracticality of the whole house. But Anokha had its pluses

too: the children loved it, the garden was a pure pleasure, and the

views were spectacular.

She listed the houses absurdities: it assumed its owners greatwealth, the presence of a retinue of servants, and high maintenance

miles of black floors and glass doors and windows. She decided to beard

the lion in his den and speak to Jeanneret about a compromise solution

to The Ramp.





PIERRE JEANNERET


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Originally designed for the family owning

the Oberoi chain of hotels, the house

currently lies in the ownership of Mr R K

Garg, a local industrialist.

While the interior of the house was

treated more lavishly in terms of

specifications, the exterior is

essentially low key with liberal use of

red sandstone and exposed brick. The

dramatic triangular porch is a

beautifully dramatic element employed

here.

MRS. I D OBEROIS HOUSE

RESIDENCE FOR MRS. I D OBEROI


PLOT AREA 2600 SQM.


PIERRE JEANNERET


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As in the case of Nirlep Kaurshouse, the

central zone was assigned to the living

room which opened into a swimming pool set

within the rear garden. The pool was

further connected via a free standing

staircase to a roof garden.

While the bedrooms were set along the

southeast, the kitchens, garage andservants rooms were placed in a separate

zone in the northwest. Each bedroom had a

private verandah oriented towards the

hills.

MRS. I D OBEROIS HOUSE

PIERRE JEANNERET


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Sukhna lake and the hills in the distance.

MR. P L VARMAS HOUSE

RESIDENCE FOR MR. P L VARMA


PLOT AREA 3700 SQM.


PIERRE JEANNERET


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MR. P L VARMAS HOUSE





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Sukhna lake and the hills in the distance.

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