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The Panjab University with its various departments and the adjoining various government
technical and non-technical colleges, together form the educational zone of
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the city. Initially, the plan of the University and temporary Administrative Block
was designed by J.K.Chowdhury. The Master Plan was later reorganized by Pierre Jeanneret
alongwith designing of all major buildings including Gandhi Bhawan and the Administrative
Block, Arts and science teaching blocks. In this task he was assisted by B.P.Mathur.
The most distinctive and well-known landmark of the Panjab University is the 'Gandhi
Bhawan' building which is lotus shaped, appearing as if floating in a pool of water.
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Gandhi Bhawan forms the focal point on the main North-East to South-West axis and
is of major architectural importance. Adjacent to the university in sector-11 are
the two undergraduate colleges; one for men and the other for women, which were
planned by Maxwell Fry.
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To the north of the university is located at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical
Education and Research. It is a multi-facility, super speciality referral institute
with a 1300 bedded hospital attached to it. This institute put Chandigarh on the
medical map of India and patients come here from all over the country. The first
phase of the including the Hospital and Research Blocks were designed by Pierre
Jeanneret, in which he was assisted be Jeet Malhotra and H.S.Chopra. After Jeanneret
left, the remaining works were done by M.N.Sharma who was the Chief Architect and
was assisted by O.P.Mehta.
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The City Centre representing the heart of the city lies at the intersection of two
main axial Roads Madhya
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Marg and Jan Marg. Designed on a monumental scale of uniform four-storied concrete
buildings, it is laid out along four pedestrian promenades intersecting at a nodal
point, where all civic buildings are located. There is a central chowk or a piazza
marking the crossing of two-wi9de pedestrian ways running north-east to south-west
and north-west to south-east. Around this chowk are created the most important civic
and commercial buildings, the town hall, the central library and the General Post
and Telegraph office, large cinemas, commercial houses and banks.
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Besides the monuments that mark the large piazza, there are a number of attractive
structures in the piazza. The City Centre contains large shopping stores, office
buildings, banks and cinemas and other public buildings. The three water fountains
amidst the central piazza or the chowk are the focal point of the sector, which
were designed by M. N. Sharma. The city centre is landscaped with trees, which presents
a subtle contrast of form and colour against the concrete facades. This sector also
houses the district courts, the central police station and the inter-state bus terminus.
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Located in, the south-east side of the city close to the railway station and wholesale
markets of the city, the Industrial Area provides easy access to the goods, transport
centre and wholesale market. Its location while planning was decided after taking
into account factors such as the proximity on the access road for the entry of raw
materials and exit of finished goods without having to go through the populated
streets disturbing the peace of the town, thus keeping the pollution zone away from
the city. Further, a buffer zone has been provided between the industrial area and
the residential and administrative spaces.
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Soon after the decision to build a new capital city was taken, an apex body called
"The Secretariat Committee of the Capital Project" was formed to steer the course
of development of the city. In the draft instructions formulated by it on the nature
of physical development of Chandigarh, the idea of having a Garden City was mooted.
The quest for 'Garden City' by the developers was because of the colonies developed
by the British had the look of broad shady tree lined avenues, bungalows with sprawling
open spaces, which had a strong impact on the minds of Chandigarh's founding fathers.
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