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http://architecturetalk.org ArchitectureTalk is a podcast hosted by Vikram Prakash that explores issues in contemporary architecture and design thinking.

Whose vision? Whose nationalism were these new towns built for? #onecontinuousline #ocl


"Ambition and nationalism are fake friends." -Maristella Casciato #onecontinuousline #ocl


What happened to the socialist/modernist project of city building? Did the modernist city fail? #onecontinuousline #ocl


Are the new towns influenced by Global Modernism, designed for people, power, or money? #onecontinuousline #ocl


Who initiated the new towns? Who paid for them? Who developed and built them? #onecontinuousline #ocl


Global modernism was brought to countries that were trying to form new cities, democracies, and nation-states who adopted its ideals as part of an economic development plan in the wake of decolonization. #onecontiniousline #ocl


Chandigarh as a new town: how has it developed over the last 70s years? What is the broader context of the new town, globally? What is the current critique of the new town? #onecontinuousline #ocl


India's modernist architecture is both affected by and contributing to the navigation of tension between collaborative and governing modes of independence in India. #onecontinuousline #ocl


By what measure is ambition calculated in post-independence India? #onecontinuousline #ocl


The Core Urban Planning principles that guided Chandigarh’s development as a Modernist City: 1) The grid; 2) The urban sector; 3) Circulation scheme – classification of roads (regional and local); 4) Town Planning theory – an ordering system that established hierarchy #ocl


The masterplan of Chandigarh is not based on a tableau, but a large set of principles grounded in order and organization. It includes one of the earliest use of the city grid and classification of street travel. #onecontiniousline #ocl


Already in the 1920s, Corbu was thinking about large scale city planning of increased density, as can be seen from Ville Contemporaine de Trois millions d'habitants #onecontinuousline #OCL


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