Like everywhere else, the Chandigarhi workshops use screws, rails, knobs, hinges and various items of furniture hardware made of brass, rarely nickel-plated. A special place is reserved for aluminium, like the ventilation shutters made of folded and riveted sheets, shaped

As mentioned above, the furniture produced for the Chandigarh project was not made in one single operation or at just one place of manufacture. On the contrary, the option chosen by the teams of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret consisted

The construction of Chandigarh is historically linked to the events that led to the birth of two new nations from the former British colony.After independence on 15 August 1947, there was a bloody partition which saw the sub-continent divided into

Before discovering the surprising diversity of furniture created for Chandigarh, it is worth spending a little time to recall the historical context in which it was designed.Far from the condescending view of many westerners on the Indian sub-continent, Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier entrusted his cousin with the adaptation of the furniture to the architectural precepts developed in the context of the Chandigarh project. This was the opportunity for Pierre Jeanneret to implement the synthesis that was imposed by the collaboration