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Sectors · Chandigarh, read room by room

An interactive atlas of Chandigarh, read sector by sector. The interactive map needs JavaScript, but here are the rooms furnished so far:

The Capitol Complex (Sector 1) ·Le Corbusier’s concrete acropolis at the city’s head.
Sukhna Lake ·a man-made lake kept deliberately still, no motorboats, no traffic on the dam.
The Rock Garden ·forty acres of sculpture made from the city’s rubble, built in secret.
Zakir Hussain Rose Garden (Sector 16) ·the rose garden the city greened itself with.
Sector 17, the City Centre ·the purpose-built pedestrian heart of the city.
Sector 22, Shastri Market ·the first neighbourhood the new capital moved into.
Sector 35 ·the city’s food-and-nightlife sector.
Sector 36 ·the quieter twin, and the owner’s OG bench.
Pierre Jeanneret’s House (Sector 5) ·the home of the cousin who stayed to build the city.
Government Museum and Art Gallery (Sector 10) ·a museum built to grow forever.
Gandhi Bhawan (Sector 14) ·Pierre Jeanneret’s white concrete lotus on water.
Tagore Theatre (Sector 18) ·two concrete squares twisted to overlap.
Le Corbusier Centre (Sector 19) ·the office the whole city was drawn in.
Leisure Valley ·an 8 km park threading the whole city.
The Gedi Route ·the city’s coming-of-age cruising strip.