VP Singh Badnore inaugurates PG block at Chandigarh College of Architecture

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 19

Punjab Governor and UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore today inaugurated the MArch block at the Chandigarh College of Architecture.

This postgraduate programme was initiated in 2018 and the foundation stone was laid by MP Kirron Kher in 2019. The building has been completed in 24 months.

Dr Sangeeta Bagga Mehta, Principal, Chandigarh College of Architecture, explained the different studio projects and research exercises exhibited by the preceding MArch batches and the capacity building initiative undertaken through Institutional Consultancy and other outreach activities by students and faculty.

The MArch block is an expression of brutalism and minimalism, and the honesty of material — the beton brut (exposed reinforced concrete) vocabulary defining Chandigarh. It signifies the cultural continuity of the design philosophy of Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew – the makers of the city. It takes inspiration from the Grade I undergraduate block.

Among others present on the occasion were Dharam Pal, UT Adviser; Yashpal Garg, Secretary, Technical Education-cum-Chief Executive Officer, Chandigarh Housing Board; Jagjit Singh, Additional Secretary, Technical Education; CB Ojha, Chief Engineer; Kapil Setia, Chief Architect, Department of Urban Planning; and Prof Arun Grover, former Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University.