Blog 7- Le Corbusier Palace of Assembly

The Palace of Assembly in Chandigarh, India is a legislative building built by Le Corbusier in 1962 and was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2016. The Palace of Assembly includes an upward sweeping concrete roof above the entrance supported by large concrete “Pilotis” or support structures, giving a much more open and free space to support the view provided by the surrounding land. The main doors to the Palace of Assembly are intricately painted with vibrant colors, designed by Le Corbusier himself, depicting the cosmos and cosmological events on the upper half and nature including the desert, rivers, greenery, and animals on the lower half.

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