Open Hand Monument
Secretariat (one of 3 Corbu buildings in the complex)
Housing in Chandigarh-
For my case study in Chandigarh I researched housing. We looked into Corbu's vision of creating "housing for everyone," which was realized through extensive government built housing for government employees. Since Chandigarh was planned in the middle of nowhere as the new capital of Punjab, no one seemed to think that people outside of the government would come to the city. Wrong. So private housing has filled in gaps, and both sectors (gov't and private) run the gamut from very high income to the lowest socio-economic class. As for the very poor, they are mostly migrant workers from the rural areas of the surrounding states who have come to the city to do manual labor. Since Chandigarh is one of the few municipalities with a housing scheme for slum rehabilitation, there is great hope that one might eventually be given housing. However, the process is long and drawn out; it involves being documented through biometric surveys ten years in advance of receiving housing, demolition of more established slums, and economic and political biases. Here's a few snapshots from our day in the field:
Slum redevelopment:
transitory housing for slums
multi-story small flats (one room each) under construction for rehabilitated slums
How the better half lives:
middle class private housing in Chandigarh- Sector 22
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