The object of this edict is to enlighten the present and future citizens of Chandigarh about the basic concepts of planning of the city so that they become its guardians and save it from whims of individuals.

Modern life demands, and is waiting for, a new kind of plan, both for the house and the city.

The city of Chandigarh is planned to human scale. It puts us in touch with the infinite cosmos and nature. It provides us with places and buildings for all hum…

It is a question of building which is at the root of the social unrest of today: architecture or revolution.