1.0Fondation Le Corbusierhttps://www.fondationlecorbusier.fr/en/Ilona BERNARDhttps://www.fondationlecorbusier.fr/en/author/ilona-bernard/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="4Mx3I7Ce2J"><a href="https://www.fondationlecorbusier.fr/en/news/invitation-au-voyage-chandigarh/">Invitation au voyage — En Inde, Le Corbusier prend les pleins pouvoirs</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.fondationlecorbusier.fr/en/news/invitation-au-voyage-chandigarh/embed/#?secret=4Mx3I7Ce2J" width="600" height="338" title="“Invitation au voyage — En Inde, Le Corbusier prend les pleins pouvoirs” — Fondation Le Corbusier" data-secret="4Mx3I7Ce2J" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.fondationlecorbusier.fr/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> On the Punjab plain in northern India, facing the Himalayas, Le Corbusier realised the dream of many architects: to build a city. When he landed in the region in the 1950s, the architect was given the task of single-handedly building a city of 500,000 people. Touched by the simplicity of the lifestyles of its future inhabitants and by the grace of the surrounding nature, this champion of modernism saw his certainties waver.