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NOVEMBER - JANUARY 2010

IIA CHANDIGARH-PUNJAB CHAPTER GETS “BEST CHAPTER AWARD”

Receiving the Best Chapter Award 'BEST CHAPTER AWARD' TROPHY

IIA, CHANDIGARH-PUNJAB CHAPTER WISHES ALL A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR

Indian Institute of Architects (IIA), Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter got "Best Chapter Award" at Nagpur recently. The award was given by the President of IIA, Ar Vinay Parelkar at Nagpur in a glittering ceremony on the Valedictory function at the National Conference, NATCON 2009. It was attended by 1000 architects gathered from all over the world at prestigious Dr Vasantrao Deshpande Memorial Auditorium at Nagpur in Maharashtra. The award was received by Jit Kumar Gupta, National Joint Honorary Secretary, IIA and Surinder Bahga, Chairman of the Chapter along with Chapter office bearers Sanjay Goel, Ashok Juneja, Archana Chaudhary and Praveer Goel. The Best Chapter Award was given to Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter first time in the 92 years history of IIA. In the past, this Chapter got runners-up trophy a few years ago. This award is being given to Chapters and Centres of IIA every year based on their performance to promote architecture profession in India. At present, India has approximately 17 Chapters and 41 Centres. Kerala and West Bengal are other Chapters which have been awarded for their excellent performance.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Bahga said that the Chapter has worked relentlessly during the whole year. It has organized various conferences, workshops and Interaction programmes in Chandigarh and in the state of Punjab. The Chapter has successfully launched one Centre at Ludhiana and three Sub Centres at Patiala, Amritsar and Jalandhar in order to coordinate the activities of the Chapter. IIA has the rare distinction of taking the initiative with CPWD regarding abolition of Earnest Money Deposit for the architects for the empanelment. The Chapter has also appealed to the Union Government regarding conferment of Bharat Ratna Award to architects like Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret for their invaluable contribution to India's modern architecture. Besides this, IIA is instrumental in organising musical and cultural programmes to imbibe good values in this part of the country.

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REPORT ON IIA CHANDIGARH - PUNJAB CHAPTER ACTIVITIES FROM MARCH 2009 ONWARDS

The new team of Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter of IIA, 2008-2010 took over in February, 2009 under the chairmanship of Ar Surinder Bahga. Ar Rakesh Bansal and Ar Jaswinder Singh have been elected as Vice Chairman and Hon Treasurer respectively. Ar Sarbjit Bahga and Ar Ashok Juneja have been selected as Jt Hon Secretaries. The Executive Members include Ar Sanjay Goel, Ar Archana Chaudhary, Ar Bharti Kaushik, Ar PPS Ahluwalia, and Ar Ram Murti Kalra. Ar AS Mehndiratta and Ar Ravinder Khosla were elected as Co-opted members. Ar Lakhbir Singh and Ar Pankaj Chhabra have been selected as Special Invitees. The team has organized a number of activities ever since they have taken over. Some of them are:

Seminar "Chandigarh: Beyond Corbuserism" on April 28, 2009 at Chandigarh.Seminar "Ludhiana 2020" on June 28, 2009 at Ludhiana.Workshop on "Sustainable Building Design" on July 30, 2009 at Chandigarh.Panel Discussion on "Green Buildings" on August 8, 2009 at Ludhiana.Architects Meet "Let's Talk & Cheer" was held on September 12, 2009 at Jalandhar.Conference on "Building Green Cities" with Swiss Embassy on September 15, 2009 at Chandigarh.A Ghazal Nite titled "Tarana" by Singer Ms Rinku Kalia on September 29, 2009 at Chandigarh."International Conference on Global Architecture" on October 11, 2009 in collaboration with Embassy of Mexico at Chandigarh.Patiala Sub Centre inaugurated on October 14, 2009 and lectures by Ar Jit Gupta and Surinder Bahga were organised. Amritsar Sub Centre inaugurated and lecture on Amritsar's Heritage by Ar Jit Gupta was held on October 31, 2009 at Amritsar.IIA Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter was given "Best Chapter Award" on November 7 at National Conference, 2009 at Nagpur. National Conference on "Energy-Efficient Building Design" on November 11, 2009 in association with Indo Global College of Architecture, Abhipur, District SAS Nagar.Ludhiana Sub Centre inaugurated and a lecture by Er Ashish Rakheja was organised on November 21, 2009 at Ludhiana.Photographic Exhibition on "Works of Le Corbusier in India & Germany" by Ms Barbara from November 25 to December 2, 2009 in collaboration with German Ministry for Foreign Relations, German Embassy in New Delhi and Institute for Foreign Relations, Stuttgart, Germany at Chandigarh. Seminar "Chandigarh After 60 years" on December 14, 2009 in association with Aayojan School of Architecture, Jaipur at Chandigarh.Seminar on "Sustainable Building Materials and Nano Technology" organised by IIA Sub Centre Jalandhar on December 20, 2009 at Jalandhar. Jalandhar Sub Centre was inaugurated on the same day.Symposium on "Urban Sustainability and Green Buildings" in collaboration with Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, New Delhi on January 17, 2010 at Chandigarh.Seminar "Planning of Cities" in association with College of Architecture, SVIT, VASAD (Gujarat) on January 23, 2010 at Chandigarh. Chapter Website (www.iiachdpb.com) launched.Quarterly Newsletter "IIA Times" launched. "Meet the Press" on Master Plans of Jalandhar & Patiala organised on January 3, 2010 and January 17, 2010 respectively.IIA Membership has grown from 275 to 400 numbers.Working on travelling exhibition on "Modern Architecture" to be held at various places in 2010.

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Chd-Pb Chapter dedicates the 'Best ChapterAward' to the creators of Chandigarh.

Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret

Maxwell Fry Jane Drew

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SYMPOSIUM ON “SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT”

Ar Vinay Parelkar addressing the Audience Speakers

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India in association with Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter of the Indian Institute of Architects organised one day Symposium on 'Urban Sustainability and Green Buildings' on January 17, 2010 at Government Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10, Chandigarh. This is a part of awareness programme of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, which is providing technical and financial support to the states for implementation of various energy efficient d e m o p r o j e c t s l i k e seminars/workshops/training courses, etc. It was attended by 300 architects, planners, engineers and students of these disciplines from Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, etc. This Symposium was aimed at increasing awareness about efficient use of energy and its conservation not only in building design but in the design of the cities as well. Ar SS Sekhon, Principal, Indo Global College of Architecture, Abhipur delivered the Welcome address.

President of IIA, Ar Vinay Parelkar was the Chief Guest. He explained, "The world energy scenario shows that buildings and construction consumes the major share of the global energy. There is a close connection between today's building designs and the increasing energy crisis, which is rising day by day. However, comfort can also be achieved with less consumption of energy. Thus introduction to sustainable building design measures can make an important contribution to minimize the

energy crisis. Buildings can be designed on passive heating and cooling concepts."

Ar Surinder Bahga, Chairman of the Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter of IIA delivered the keynote address. He said, "A green building uses less energy, water and natural resources, creates less waste and is healthier for the people as compared to a standard building. We should adopt various mechanisms for reducing power consumption substantially in a bid to combat climate change."

Other prominent speakers include Architect-Planner Jeet Malhotra, who has spoken on Environmental Planning Unit. Er RK Kaura, Secretary General of Solar Energy Society of India stressed on the need of role of architects in harnessing Solar Energy. Ar Jit Gupta highlighted on planning sustainable cities and designing green buildings. Ar Archana Chaudhary spoke on Energy Efficient Building Materials. She explained, "Environment-friendly and energy-efficient buildings are increasingly becoming popular and may grow over three times in the next five years, thereby offering new opportunities to the construction industry." Er AC Verma, Principal Director, Military Engineering Services' spoke on saving energy in designing building services.

Mr MS Miianwall, Member, Board of Governors of PEDA chaired the technical sessions. He spoke about the use of three E's (Energy, Environment, and Education) for the benefit of people of the country.

SEMINAR “CHANDIGARH: AFTER 60 YEARS”

The Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter of IIA organized a seminar on "CHANDIGARH: AFTER 60 YEARS" in association with Aayojan School of Architecture, Jaipur here at Chandigarh on December 14, 2009 in the Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10. Chandigarh is the boldest experiment in town planning and modern architecture in India. It is now 60 years old and boasts of internationally acknowledged architecture of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. The architecture of Chandigarh has gone through a tremendous change. The architecture and planning of Chandigarh is at the threshold of change, it is high time to evaluate its successes and failures and suggest solutions. Ar Jit Kumar Gupta, Joint Hon Secretary of IIA, Mumbai was the Chief Guest. He spoke about the problems of Chandigarh periphery and the solutions to be sought for solving the problems. He said, "Periphery Control Act, 1952 which guides the management of this periphery has been blatantly violated by all the respective governments, which has adversely affected the character of this periphery. Formation of statutory body by Government of India to regulate development in the periphery of the Tricity i.e. Chandigarh (U.T), Panchkula (Haryana) and Mohali (Punjab) is of paramount importance to check such violations and unplanned development in the periphery".Ar Surinder Bahga delivered the lecture on the planning and designing of Chandigarh. He emphasized that Chandigarh being a marvel in Architecture is recognized even after 60 years of its creation. He suggested, "A comprehensive master plan should be prepared for Tricity and the periphery areas. The existing periphery around Chandigarh

Ar Vinay Parelkar entertaining the Audience with Melodious Songs

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periphery wherein technocrats such as architects, town planners, engineers, environmentalists, etc. be its members. Its recommendations should be thoroughly adhered to.

? A comprehensive master plan should be prepared for Tricity and the periphery areas. The existing periphery around Chandigarh should be left as it is and any new construction should be done according to the master plan.

? In view of the scarcity of land in Chandigarh, optimum use of available land in the city should be made and all left over projects should be completed on priority. Redensification of Phase-I should be initiated and the existing infrastructure should be augmented accordingly.

? The de-silting of Sukhna Lake is not the solution to restore the glory of the same as it is very costly. Instead small check dams should be built in the catchment area of the lake which is about 7000 acres. Similar dams can be made within the city on

should be left as it is and any new construction should be done according to the master plan".Ar Archana Chaudhary spoke about the unrealized projects of Le Corbusier like Governor's Palace, Museum of Knowledge, Sports Stadium and Mechanized Roof Mechanism of Assembly Hall at Capitol Complex, Chandigarh. She emphasized, "Since these projects could not be completed due to paucity of funds, the Chandigarh Administration may take up these dream projects of the Master architects now." Ar Sangeet Sharma spoke about recent developments in City. He suggested that the architecture which is coming up in Chandigarh has the influence of Le Corbusier. Ar N P S Rathore, Head and Dean of Studies, Aayojan School of Architecture, Jaipur said that he is impressed by the planning concept of Chandigarh city.

Recommendations of the Seminar

? A central controlling authority be constituted for the development of Chandigarh and its

“HORIZONTAL CITY/VERTICAL VILLAGE LIVING WITH LE CORBUSIER IN CHANDIGARH AND BERLIN”

Photo exhibition by Barbara Hoegner

Vertical Village-Living with Le Corbusier in Berlin

The Indian Institute of Architects, Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter in association with the Goethe Zentrum Max Mueller Bhawan, Chandigarh organised a photo exhibition by German photographer Ms Barbara Hoegner (Frankfurt) entitled "Horizontal City/ Vertical Village-Living with Le Corbusier in Chandigarh and Berlin". The photos visualized Chandigarh as a place highly appreciated by its inhabitants, who enjoy working as well as their family life in the modernist setting. Likewise the images taken in the Le Corbusier's buildings in Berlin covered the unique architecture as well as the individually designed homes. The presentation of both portfolios emphasized the conceptional framework of the photographer: A cross-cultural perspective on the various approaches and challenges towards a creation by world-class architect Le Corbusier. The exhibition attempted to contribute to the Indo-German cultural relation.

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rivulets. It will recharge the water and improve the general health in the city.

? Planned areas should be provided within the city only for the people of service class. They should not be located outside the city.

? Villages retained within the city as well as within the periphery area should be developed as model villages and some sorts of development guidelines should be framed for the future to check unregulated growth.

? No need to relocate slums from the urban area rather basic amenities in these areas should be upgraded on the pattern of Indore (Gujarat) Model by involving slum dwellers as the stake holders.

? To improve the healthy environment in the city vis-à-vis the increase in the population and load on infrastructure, there is a need to develop two more Leisure Valleys along Sukhna Choe and Patiala-ki-Rao on the East and West end of City.

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NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING DESIGN”

Delegates at the National Conference

A National Conference on Energy-Efficient Building Design was organised on November 11, 2009 by the Indo Global College of Architecture, Abhipur in association with Indian Institute of Architects Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter and Saakaar Foundation. Ms Geetika Kalha, IAS Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Cultural Affairs, and Archaeology was the Chief Guest on this occasion. She inspired the students and the planners to design the buildings in such a manner so that valuable energy is saved for future. She also recalled the importance of traditional energy-efficient features of our vernacular and historic buildings and called upon the architects and students to learn and incorporate such features in their design.Chief Architect Punjab, Ar Balvinder Saini, who was the guest of honour at the conference also addressed the conference and highlighted the importance of energy conservation. Dr SS Bhatti former Principal of Chandigarh College of Architecture presented a very thought-provoking keynote address. Ar SS Bahga made a very interesting and informative presentation about the energy efficient buildings. Ar. Gaurav Shorey, an expert on energy-efficient buildings from

TERI gave a presentation on energy efficient building codes and the importance of GRIHA and LEED systems for the rating of energy efficiency of buildings. Eminent horticulturist H.S. Johl dwelt on the role of Landscaping on the energy efficiency.Ar SD Sharma and Ar SL Kaushal chaired the Technical Sessions. Presentation made by Ar Sangeet Sharma gave a detailed account of his experiments with Sustainability. Ar JK Gupta spoke on Energy Efficient Urban Settlements. Presentation by Ar Archana Chaudhary was very futuristic regarding NANO building materials. Er Balour Singh, Director PEDA explained salient features of Solar Passive Building Designs.At the onset of the conference, Ar SS Sekhon, Principal of Indo Global College of Architecture welcomed the guests and the delegates and also briefed about the need of Energy Efficient Buildings. Sh R Panickar Director General, Indo Global Colleges also addressed the conference and highlighted the importance of the subject which is the need of the hour. He said that such initiatives would highlight the critical importance of utilizing water, energy and materials most optimally thus saving the environment for a better future.

SEMINAR ON "SUSTAINABLE D E V E L O P M E N T T H R O U G H E N E R G Y E F F I C I E N T B U I LT ENVIRONMENT"

SEMINAR ON "GREEN BUILDING & ENERGY CONSERVATION" HELD ON NOVEMBER 21, 2009

The College of Architecture, IET, Bhaddal organised a seminar on promoting sustainable development through energy-efficient built environment. Addressing the audience at the seminar, guest of honour SS Bahga said, "Architects should design such buildings that consume lesser conventional energy and utilise maximum non-conventional energy". He added that "agriculture consumes only one percent of our total energy, whereas, residential and commercial buildings consume 52 per cent of it. So if we make our buildings energy efficient then we can save one third of the nation's energy". Er Balkar Singh, Senior Manager, PEDA, explained in detail about Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC), Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) and Star Rating of buildings according to their energy efficiency. Talking about Radiant cities Ar Jit Gupta said that from green cities our cities have converted into grey cities. He said that to avoid rush of population on roads cities should be designed to serve maximum basic needs of people within walking distance. He said that on the lines of China, the Indian government should promote cyclists and public transport.

On the launching ceremony of the Ludhiana Centre of IIA, a seminar was organized on "Green Buildings and Energy Conservation" on November 21, 2009. Ludhiana Municipal Corporation Commissioner Sh AK Sinha was the Chief Guest. Others who were present included Ar Jit Kumar Gupta, Ar Surinder Bahga. The whole team of Ludhiana Centre,

Ar Sanjay Goel addresses Audience.


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SEMINAR ON 'PLANNING OF CITIES'

Ar Surinder Bahga Addressing the Audience

IIA was installed on that day.Er Ashish Rakheja, Chief Operation Officer, Spectural Services Consultants Private Limited, NOIDA was the key speaker. He said, "The concept of 'green building' is based on the principle that economic development and urbanisation need not go against the nature." He further elaborated that Green principles are reflected through the complete building life-cycle and are aimed at reducing impact upon the environment. The essential element of green building was to make the most efficient use of resources such as energy, water and material, and to ensure that the building maintenance activities did not burden the environment.The Ludhiana Centre of IIA was installed with Ar Ravinder Khosla being elected as Chairman. Ar Khosla said," Organisations across the world have now realised that the additional investments in making their structures ̀ green' was not only good for the environment, but also provide long term tangible benefits in the form of lower operation costs and higher productivity." "Sustainable design, which offered operational returns on investment, was a significant and integral concept to design green buildings," he remarked.Ar Rajan Sareen, Vice-Chairman, IIA, Ludhiana Centre and Ar Vinay Jain, Joint Hon Secretary of IIA, Ludhiana Centre also spoke on the occasion.

About 40 members of IIA, Patiala Sub Centre held a brain-storming session on December 26, 2009 to examine the Draft Master Plan of Patiala. After detailed deliberations, they formulated an exhaustive list of suggestions and submitted the same to the Chief Town Planner, Punjab for making necessary amendments in plan with a view to improve it and make it more realistic.

Alignment of 200 feet wide Outer Ring Road on the South side.Residential development shown on both sides of the Ring Road is not desirable because of the cross traffic it will create.Creating additional links roads.Land Use Planning keeping in view the wind direction.The extent of the residential area should be extended so as to include the residential colonies which have already been approved by the State Government.Highway infrastructure needs to be proposed on major roads.

I IA , PATIALA SUB CENTRE S C R U T I N I S E D T H E D R A F T MASTER PLAN OF PATIALA-2031

Suggestions on Draft Master Plan are as follows:

Interaction with Students of Architecture

Indian Institute of Architects, Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter and College of Architecture, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology (SVIT), VASAD (Gujarat) has jointly organised a seminar on "Planning of Cities" at Government Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10-C, Chandigarh on January 23, 2010. It was attended by 150 Architects and students of Architecture including 75 students from Gujarat. Sanyam Bahga gave the welcome address. Ar Surinder Bahga gave a presentation on planning of Chandigarh City. He explained that the relevance of this seminar becomes all the more important keeping in view the master plans being prepared for various cities of Punjab. He further suggested that a central controlling authority be constituted wherein technocrats like architects, town planners, engineers, environmentalists, etc. are its members. Ar Archana Chaudhary compared planning of Chandigarh City with other contemporary capitals of the world like Canberra (Australia), Islamabad (Pakistan), and Brasilia (Brazil). She said that the rigid grid-iron pattern for Chandigarh is proving unsustainable from traffic point of view. Ar Sangeet Sharma discussed existing scenario of Chandigarh City. It included IT Park, Village, expansion programmes, etc. Ar Jit Gupta explained Building Bye-Laws, zoning regulations and Periphery Control Act. He emphasized that a comprehensive Master Plan should be prepared for Tricity and the periphery areas.Ar Jaswinder Singh presented vote of thanks while Ar Aman Sohal conducted the proceedings of the seminar. The experts

emphasised on the problems of slums in the city of Chandigarh and appealed to the administration to seek solutions for the same. The program was aimed at promoting interaction between architects, and students of architecture of Chandigarh, Punjab and Gujarat.

The Jalandhar Centre of IIA conducted seminar cum press conference with a aim of making the citizens of Jalandhar aware about intricacies of proposed Master Plan of Jalandhar on January 3, 2010.The Seminar was widely attended by various sections of society, business organizations/ associations, citizens, etc. Expert panel of Town Planners and architects had a chance to interact with citizens of Jalandhar and react to their issues. Media also widely welcomed the suggestions/ alterations / changes suggested by expert panel. Some of the suggestions are as follows:Insufficient Area for Industrial Zone: The new draft Master Plan does not provide sufficient Industrial Zones for Industries in and around Jalandhar. As such more space may be reserved for industry in the master plan so that there is no haphazard growth for the industry.

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Industrial zone in the Area of Dhogri & Sarmastpur: In the draft copy of the old master plan which has been in circulation for the last three years, the areas of Dhogri, Sarmastpur, etc. have been shown as Industrial zones. Based on this several industrialists have bought land there and have put their projects on the drawing board for setting up Industry in that area. However, in the new plan these areas of Dhogri and Sarmastpur have been shown as agriculture/residential area. This has created severe problems for the industry and will retard industrial growth for next 10 years as all the future plans of the industry would have to be shelved. So it was requested that the areas of Dhogri and Sarmastpur village may be declared as industrial zone.

Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter of IIA intends to curate a travelling exhibition on "Modern Architecture" including projects of its esteemed members. It is proposed that about 40 numbers of projects shall be displayed on panels having size of 2'-0"x3'-0". All the IIA Members are requested to send their selected projects with a maximum of six pictures having a resolution of 300 dpi along with a brief design concept of about 250 words and drawings in jpg format. The exhibition shall be shown in various cities of India and Abroad.

The last date for sending the submission is extended to February 15, 2010. Members can send the entries either by email ([email protected]) or by post to the Joint Honorary Secretary, IIA Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter.

Indian Institute of Architects, Rajasthan Chapter is organising Young Architects' Festival 2010 from February 5 to 7, 2010 in Jaipur. The theme of the festival is, "Design for Safety-Peoples' Participation".

TRAVELLING EXHIBITION ON

"MODERN ARCHITECTURE"

YOUNG ARCHITECTS' FESTIVAL

Some American planners with IIA Office Bearers

As a result of several IIA representations and meetings, Chandigarh Administration accepted the request and advertised seven vacant posts of lecturers on revised pay scale in Chandigarh College of Architecture (CCA). Nearly 25 candidates appeared for interview and seven lecturers got selected. They joined CCA.

On the request of our Chapter, Union Cabinet Minister, Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal has written D.O. letter to HRD Minister Mr. Kapil Sibal. He wrote “I am enclosing herewith a representation from Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter of The Indian Institute of Architects regarding acute shortage of faculty in Chandigarh’s professional colleges. The Ministry of Human Resource Development and UPSC have not finalized the service rules for the recruitment of staff in professional colleges. At present, the post of Principal, 3 professors, one Assistant Professor, lecturers and research assistants are lying vacant in the Chandigarh College of Architecture. The institute has requested that these vacancies may be filled up on priority to save Chandigarh College of Architecture. Kindly consider the request favourably”.

IIA Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter has partially succeeded in solving 15 years old problem.

INTERACTION WITH AMERICAN PLANNERS

On October 28, 2009 Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter of IIA organised an interaction programme at Press Club, Chandigarh with a group of about 20 American Planners from USA. The tour was organized by the International Committee of the Northern Section of the California Chapter of the American Planning Association. All Executive Committee Members of the IIA Chapter exchanged notes on town planning and architecture of USA and India.

Steve Ross, Planner III of County of Santa Clara Planning Office wrote about the tour to Chandigarh," We were invited to have dinner at the Chandigarh Press Club. From 7:30 - 10:30.Perhaps 20 Indian planners and architects of all levels of experience showed up to share dinner with us, answer questions we had about the city and Le Corbusier's plan, and find out a bit about how planning works in California.

I was most impressed by our hosts' sophistication and civility. Each one of them made a point to circle from table to table during the course of the evening, making sure to talk to every one of us. Instead of sitting at a table with each other and not interacting with us, they scattered and integrated themselves into our tables, and engaged us in conversation. Each person was extremely knowledgeable in their field, but was also able to carry on a conversation on a multitude of other topics. They showed an interest in us, in helping us, and in learning from us. The experience reminded me that we are dealing with a culture that is 5,000 years old."

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter has worked very hard to publish an exclusive issue on works of architects of Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter. Articles / projects were invited from all members and were submitted to the Editor, JIIA, Mumbai. Journal's January Issue will include all this material.

Ar. Preeti Gupta Bhatia, Chandigarh

Ar. Hemant Bhandari, JalandharAr. Amit Khurana, JalandharAr. Inderdeep Singh, JalandharAr. Poonam Bagga, JalandharAr. Navdeep Shukla, Kapurthala

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