Le Corbusier - City Quotes

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The city of Chandigarh is planned to human scale. It puts us in touch with the infinite cosmos and nature. It provides us with places and buildings for all human activities by which the citizens can live a full and harmonious life. Here the radiance of nature and heart are within our reach.

Le Corbusier

Modern life demands, and is waiting for, a new kind of plan, both for the house and the city.

Le Corbusier

The object of this edict is to enlighten the present and future citizens of Chandigarh about the basic concepts of planning of the city so that they become its guardians and save it from whims of individuals.

Le Corbusier

The materials of city planning are sky, space, trees, steel and cement in that order and in that hierarchy.

Le Corbusier

The age of personal statues is gone. No personal statues shall be erected in the city or parks of Chandigarh. The city is planned to breathe the new sublimated spirit of art. Commemoration of persons shall be confined to suitably placed bronze plaques.

Le Corbusier