The Capitol Complex of Chandigarh, one of the seventeen sites of the Le Corbusier World Heritage property
Background
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement is a transnational serial World Heritage property of seventeen sites.
It was inscribed in 2016 under criteria one, two and six.
The sites lie in seven countries: Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan and Switzerland.
The Capitol Complex at Chandigarh is the Indian component of the property.
UNESCO records that it had considerable influence across the Indian subcontinent, where it symbolised India's accession to modernity.
The Complex is the focal point of the plan for the city of Chandigarh and is described as the most complete contribution to the principles of the Athens Charter.
Its exterior spaces use the Modulor, a proportion system based on human scale, and the buildings carry sunscreens, double-skinned roofs and reflecting pools for natural cooling and rainwater collection.
In plain words
Serial property Multi-site World Heritage listing — A single World Heritage listing made up of several separate component sites.
Modulor Le Corbusier's proportion system — A scale of proportions that Le Corbusier derived from the dimensions of the human body.
Athens Charter Modernist town planning charter — A set of town planning principles adopted by modern architects in the twentieth century.