10. The Museum Complex

In today’s episode, we talk about the Museum Complex in Sector 10 - the various buildings and typologies, and the process of translation in Corbusian design thinking. We explore the evolution of the concepts of the Museum of Inifinite growth, the Mundaneum and the miracle box. We compare the relationship between the College of Art and the Museum and also discuss the calmness of the museum complex as compared to the Capitol.

 

 

TIMESTAMPS:

 

1:27 - How was the Museum Complex sited? How does it relate to the urban plan and the green belt?

 

4:47 - The significance of nature in the Chandigarh plan

 

5:54 - What would a truly Corbusian Leisure Valley look like?

 

8:18 - ‘Cultural Centre’ to ‘Museum Complex’ - How did the idea of the Chandigarh museum first come about?

 

11:31 - Corbusier’s other museums (Ahmedabad & Tokyo) and the concept of the ‘Museum of Infinite Growth’ and the League of Nations

 

13:12 - Paul Otlet, International Universalist Modernism, and information systems

 

16:18 - The Tower of Babel, the Museum of Knowledge and the ‘Mundaneum’

 

20:28 - Temporary Exhibits Museum based on the Heidi Weber pavilion by SD Sharma

 

21:09 - The School of Art and its adjacency to the Museum

 

22:02 - Mentorship of Assistant architects in the Capitol Project

 

24:08 - Translation as a dominant design strategy

 

25:59 - Philips Pavilion with Iannis Xenakis and Edgard Varèse

 

28:05 - Corbusier’s fascination with film - the ‘Miracle Box’

 

31:41 - ‘Poème Electronique’ and the ‘Audio-Visual Training Centre’

 

36:47 - Nomenclature of the ‘Pavilion of Temporary or Traveling exhibitions for the Synthesis of Plastic Arts’

 

39:55 - The Carpenter Centre in Cambridge

 

40:49 - Museum of Fine Arts by BP Mathur / transliteration vs reinterpretation

 

41:51 - The Museum of Evolution diorama

 

42:41 - Tagore Theatre and the Miracle Box

 

44:52 - Venice Hospital

 

45:45 - NID/Eames and other understudied connections / modernism as a synthesis of the arts

 

47:12 - Revolving doors in the museum complex and elsewhere

 

48:47 - The Museum Library and the Randhawa Papers.

 

49:37 - Transition from Temporary Exhibits to Architecture/Furniture museum

 

50:49 - The calmness of the Museum Complex compared to the Capitol Complex