Shoutout to all of the people watching this video to get inspiration for their next Cities: Skylines session!

Would be cool if you talked about the old Aztec capital Tenochtitlán

I'm from Kolkata, India. I have visited Chandigarh, believe me it's the best city I have ever seen. So green, wide roads with no congestion, beautiful buildings, made me feel like I'm not in any typical Indian city. It's my dream to settle in Chandigarh.

>Designed by Le Corbusier Oh no.

Everytime I hear Le Corbusier, I shriek and despair over the tragic death of functionality I'm about the hear about, again.

The reconstruction of Pyongyang is impressive too, my grandpa rebuilt it from a destroyed war zone to a prosperous capital. The US pretty much destroyed the city and he was able to fix it

Le Corbusier's buildings are even more soul crushing than the Soviet architecture I grew up around.

Interesting coincidence - Chandigarh‘s official nickname is “the city beautiful”

I visited Chandigarh for the first time just last month in Feb 2020. Cgarh is not the only planned city (there is Navi Mumbai, New Delhi, etc.) but it is the best one. A very good blend of spacious and coziness. A great change coming from the rest of crowded cities feeling of India. PS: I get the critisism, but lots of places with tons of 'character' (looking at you Chandini Chowk) gets overwhelming after 2 days.

Just pointing out a common mistake about Brasilia: although Niemeyer took the credit for planning the new Brasil's capital, it was another architect who did it. Lucio Costa was the one who won the contest to plan the new Capital's urbanism (it is a really interesting story actually, worthy the research). Niemeyer, who worked for Costa for a long time as interne, was responsible only for the buildings, the architecture itself.

0:57 Omg it is literally called The City Beautiful! Is that why you stumbled upon it? XD

0:58 found the channel name in the video :)

As a Chandigarh native, thank you for making this video. I was wondering when my favourite channel would talk about my favourite city. Most of the negative comments are probably from salty fellow Indians who live in comparative waste dumps like Delhi, Mumbai or Bangalore. (Don't lynch me I'm just kidding) More seriously though, I'll add my 2 rupees here: I was born and raised in the City and spent the first 22 summers there, before moving out. Chandigarh fails to impress if you just visit the place as a tourist. What makes the city great is the livability. While other Indian cities are bursting at the seams, Chandigarh has still managed to retain some of its sleepy, laid-back character despite the rapid growth and expansion. The fields of Punjab and the mighty Himalayas are also an hour's drive away. ( This is what I personally miss the most). The biggest downside, I'll admit, is the over-reliance on cars. The people here are solidly upper-middle class and there's the Punjabi love for big cars and SUV's to boot. However, the govt. has created cycling tracks throughout the city, the place is already very pedestrian friendly and the Govt. is mulling on a rapid transport system (Metrorail, BRTS or monorail, we'll see).

As a resident of Chandigarh, when this video came up in my recommendation, I was confused for a moment. You see, Chandigarh is also called "The City Beautiful". (Also visible on the signboard at 0:53) I at first thought this channel named "City Beautiful" was affiliated to Chandigarh City Authority. XD Great video. You earned a sub. Chandigarh is like planned heaven in the midst of a poorly planned Punjab and Haryana. But thanks to the Tricity area (Chandigarh-Mohali-Panchkula) and the lessons learned from them, the rest of the cities are fast evolving into planned cities. The Tricity area has everything, from posh malls to serene lush gardens to man-made and natural lakes. As another comment has pointed out, the only drawback is the public transport system. Although the CTU (Chandigarh Transport Union) buses are quite abundant and usually punctual, yet most households have at least 2 or more vehicles. Uber and Ola (Indian Uber) have made things somewhat different though.

Le corbusier seems weirder the more I learn about him

I'm living in Chandigarh watching this video and never knew such beautiful historic progressions behind this city's design.

Le Corbusier is French for "The Ugly."

As someone who was lucky enough to live in Chandigarh for three years, from the time I was 15 to 18, Chandigarh remains a childhood utopian dream for me. Since my dad worked in a public sector bank and since there is a huge turnover of public sector workforce like him in the city (since it serves as capital to two states and has the relevant Central Government offices like bank headquarters and the High Court), we lived in three different sectors as our leases in this much in demand city for housing ran out. The numbering of the sectors also designates how subsequent iterations of the same idea manifested differently over the years as the city filled up. The first 24 or so sectors are the original ones with the administrative buildings, largest parks, the biggest shopping district and the bus stand. We lived in Sector 37 for the first year. It had four sub blocks; A,B,C and D. C had the block market and A, B and D were mostly residential. There was a central circular ring road to link all four blocks on four ends of the grid block sectors which connected inner traffic to the outer sectors. Next was Sector 38 next door. The sizes of the units go down from A to D though it won't seem as distinct as it sounds. We had a bigger house then. Lastly we lived in 44D where the smaller housing units were where the bank my dad worked for had made its own captive housing apartments. These had their own size difference in terms of housing for executives and middle managers, but tastefully done in that the whole complex was integral to the community and right next to the market. Generally the parks got smaller as the sectors rose in number because later in its building and closer to us in time, more and more people were required to make the city the capital it is for two provinces. The roundabouts now have traffic signals though since it has the highest car ownership level in India. It has two sub cities built by the two provinces:Mohali and Panchkula which they made when they realised that neither was gonna get the Union Territory. Most of the newer expansion of State administrative machinery has happened there. Those cities also have more traditional housing blocks of Indian cities. The interesting thing about all three of them is that wherever there was a village in the way of the expansion of the city, the city grid swallowed them but didn't change or break them down. And funnily, the city's vertical limit on buildings doesn't apply to them, so suddenly in the middle of the prim, green, grid, you have an urban village that resembles the closely clustered streets that you associate with the denser parts of Delhi or Mumbai. It was fun. Going on a date or grabbing a beer with the guys was just a walk away, though we raced around on cycles because most of the city was within pedalling distance. The population was mostly government functionaries and political/business elite who could buy the more expensive and larger plots back then. I loved living there. But back then, as now, we probably couldn't afford a house there because of the restrictions on unit size or urban sprawl that makes it unique (I currently live in Delhi, in a sub-city next to the airport, which is larger than most European or American cities with more than one million people in it already😓)... So, distinctive experience...it was fun while it lasted...(sigh!!!)....

I find Corbusiers vision of cities and architecture sooooo horrible i could cry. Thank god he didnt turn beauties like Paris into cubic concrete hells

I am born and brought up in Chandigarh and interestingly I'm also familiar with Le Corbusier's other works. Honestly if you ask me , Chandigarh would easily be his greatest creation and infact the only successful one. It's well planned , atleast 80% greener than your average Indian cities and has one of the most civilized and educated native population. The public transport is efficient and timely , the police is disciplined and enforces the rules stringently and despite having no metro or rapid transit system , their is not even any need of having one. Chandigarh is nicknamed "City Beautiful" and their is a strong reason why it's said so. I have lived all over India in last 12 years and trust me , Chandigarh is the cleanest and best cities I have ever seen. If you're an Indian and haven't been here , you must visit atleast once before becoming a keyboard warrior and justifying how your so called "old city" has more life. If you're not from India , visit all Indian cities before and then visit Chandigarh to see the difference yourselves.

Niemeyer did not design Brazil's capital city, it was Lucio Costa who design it, Niemeyer "only" did the buildings on the monumental axis and the palaces.

Many Indians are going to be mad about the wrong boundary man.

Awesome video, very insightful. It's a nice coincidence that your channel name is same as Chandigarh's motto. (Also great driving footage!)

Amazing video! The city in which I live, Bhubaneswar, was one of the first planned cities to be built in India, along with Chandigarh. It was designed by German Architect Otto Königsberger. I hope you can make a video about it someday, I’d love to know more. Beautiful channel bdw!

Le Corbusier seems to have been such an arrogant and self-absorbed person. Beware of people reasoning in absolutes ! (No, I'm not saying Le Corbusier was a Sith ;) )

I don't usually comment on videos, but i had to say this: I understand that most people don't like concrete blocks, but there is no need to put all the blame and hate on Corbu. Concrete was fairly new and revolutionary, and Corbu's designs were futuristic for it's time. It's just over the years other people have taken concrete and ran wild with it without taking the considerations and care that Corbu put into his designs. It might seem old fashioned and unsuitable now, but that's design. Times change and cities grow to be different with the changing design trends. No need to hate on a guy who was designing according to the trends of the day. Who knows, maybe a few decades down the road we might hate glass high-rise towers as much as we hate concrete blocks now (which it seems to be happening now) I think only people who studied architecture would appreciate Corbu's pdesigns. Don't get me wrong, a lot of people in architecture don't like bare concrete blocks as well, but most architects would appreciate the design of it. I would know, cause i am studying to be an architect ;>

When I was in college 45 years ago I took a course which included studies of Chandigarh and Villla Kennedy, a planned district for Bogota. The instructor pointed out the adaptability of the Villa Kennedy project, where American style separation of functions was replaced as buildings were repurposed and added onto to make them work for the way of life of the residents. By contrast he showed us Chandigarh, where monumental spaces created dead zones around the government buildings. He also pointed out that the original commercial streets were too wide and the residents used the alleyways behind the commercial buildings as the market place, recreating a familiar and comfortable atmosphere. This was in Houston, which is on about the same latitude as Chandigarh. We all understood right away how those plazas and wide open boulevards would be sun-blasted and unbearable in daytime for half the year. But it's nice to learn that not all of Chandigarh turned out that way.

There's a pretty good debate in India in recent times contrasting Chandigarh, a city planned during the era of central planning and Soviet-style economics against a more recent city, Gurugram, which was built pretty much entirely by private corporations. Here's a view: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/btZ7iqyV27LFnJ8.html

Thanks a lot for making a video on my hometown! Chandigarh is consistently ranked as the cleanest and safest city in India. Although not an industrial hub, it sure is a great place.

Ever heard of Navi Mumbai, world's largest planned city by lots of records. Please check that out to see what India can plan

This video puts together concepts and designs from some of your previous videos in an interesting way. And I'm always here for history and for India. Cool video!

As someone who has lived all his life in Chandigarh, I am so happy that someone finally made a video about the city I have lived in. Thank you City Beautiful for making a video on The City Beautiful ;)

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It's good to see content variety.

Love to see the channel getting bigger!

You’re awesome buddy! Keep up the great work.

I've been there enroute Delhi to Shimla. The "city" doesn't feel like a city at all. It's feels a giant overgrown village pretending to be an urban space. We had a scheduled stop at the Chandigarh bus depot which is in the middle of the city. The bus took a left from the highway, then a right a few metres later onto another highway. These were wide highways with large dividers (with trees), then even larger dividers on either side of the highway, with service roads on either side of that, and then more tree space further out. There were some empty plots, some bungalows and other buildings. It felt like I was on the outskirts of some city but nowhere close to being in an actual city. A few turns later we reached the bus stop. Google Maps showed that I was inside Chandigarh for the last few minutes. The scenery never changed. I usually criticise Navi Mumbai for being a boring planned city but it is so much better than whatever Chandigarh is. Ugly, dead, lifeless and wasteful. It's no surprise that the best place in the city is the rock garden, the one place that was (and illegally) created with love, and not planned by some megalomaniac. Thank fuck they didn't demolish it.

I visited a couple of years ago. It was really awesome to see this architecture. Wide bicycle lanes in India... the rose park was also pretty cool as well as the big plazas.

Great video!

Would love to see a video about the ancient and present city of Kyoto, Japan!

0:55 "Welcome to Chandigarh. The CITY BEAUTIFUL." Now we know where the idea for the name of this channel came from! 😜

04:57 nice choice of background video...Le Mans, France, which bulldozed part of its city centre to create a throughfare in the 1970s (though not really geometrically...) and now quite a livable city with a pedestrianised centre !

Nice video. Would love to see your take about more Indian cities and/or capitals of the world.

“Its City Beautiful” is on the sign at the beginning.

When City Beautiful makes a video about City Beautiful

Chandigarh stands out when it comes to Indian cities. Gardens, roads and hotels are the best over there. If any American or European person feels homesick in India, he/she should def consider visiting this beautiful city.

Great video keep it up!

If you can, try doing a video about the growth of Hargeisa, Somalia since 1988!

Every time I hear or read the name Corbusier I get a sinking feeling of dread and disappointment.

It's basically India's Milton Keynes. (Only Brits will get the reference)

Just watch this one video and I can tell I'm going to love this channel. Instant sub

[Brazilian Architect Here] Just an elucidation: The Planner of Brasília is Lúcio Costa. Niemeyer was the designer of most of its iconic buildinds!

1:17 the map of India some areas are missing there Anyway great vidio very interesting

Say what you want about Chandigarh, but considering it's relatively small size and not as big of a significance as Bangalore or the rich cultural history of Hyderabad, Chandigarh really is an amazing place! It's organised & clean - something extremely rare in India! I wish to visit there one day.

As much as I love Chandigarh, with the expansion of the area into a tricity which includes the urban areas of Mohali and Pachkula, you could argue that its 20th century planning is getting overweighed by the sheer growing population of the tricity. Over the 6 of years I have lived in this city, I have seen some new set of challenges in terms of traffic on the roads. its still a lot better than most other capital cities in india, its gradually taking turn for the worse and since we dont have a flyover system in the city, things could get more challenging in the future.

Is that where your name comes from? The sign said "welcome to Chandigarh, the city beautiful"

0:50 "Welcome to Chandigarh, the City Beatif--" HANG ON A SECOND

I really want to see your opinions on summerlin in Las Vegas cause it's the definition of suburban sprawl but it also has ideas of the garden city and other things and also the first modern round about

That audience retention graph is interesting. The shallow dip at the beginning is interesting, but more so the big dip at the end (which probably relates to ads at the ends of your videos).

Thanks for making a video on our city, i have been living in the city since 1997.

Hi! It would be awesome to watch a video about Brasilia!

Brasilia's plan wasn't made by Niemeyer. He only designed the iconic buildings. The city was designed by Lucio Costa, a very interesting character in Brazilian architecture and urban planning history and theory. I believe you would really enjoy reading about his work. 🙂

I was dying to hear this side about Chandigarh n Le Corbusier Thanks for making d video

Greetings from an architect who actually lives in Brasília. Great video! However I have a little correction: Brasília wasn't designed by Niemeyer. It was designed by Lucio Costa.

I'm not sure theres another planner/architect I hate more than Le Corbusier... This is a man who wanted to tear down Paris to rebuild it looking like ghetto projects...

Great video as always. Brasilia was not planned by Niemeyer, thou. It was planned by Lúcio Costa!

You should do a video about Richland Washington, a city designed by the federal government to house works for the Manhattan project. It's design was unique because of how fast it was built as well as the time in which it was built.

7:36 Brasilia's urban planner was Lucio Costa. Niemeyer was one of the judges of the contest that chose Lucio Costa's project and later on became responsible of the buildings design.

Man, you totally should do a similar video about the biggest planned city ever built, Brasília, Brazil's capital. It is a modernist city as well, but with pretty unique characteristics, you should check it out!

Love the idea of green parks running through all the sectors. If only more towns and cities would do this.

Please consider doing a vid on England's 'new town' Milton Keynes, including the experimental road system (lots and lots of roundabouts). Thanks!

Really interesting video! It's nice to learn more about the history of cities around the world. But i must say that there has been a misinformation in the video at 7:35 , when actually Brasília was designed by Lucio Costa. It's a very interesting subject, it would be nice if the channel talked about this modernist city as well.

I use this channel to make cities in Minecraft :)

8:58 when that virus kicks in. (Hope you're doing ok Dave!)

Great video! Small correction, though: Niemeyer designed the mains buildings of Brasilia, but it’s urban plan is the work of Lucio Costa!

The city aerial shot at 5:00 was looking really familiar to me, and then I recognized my hometown of Le Mans, France.

2:51 The way you say "Nowicki" makes me laugh 😂

6:02 it's Chandigarh University ...... But the fact is that Chandigarh University is not situated in Chandigarh.... It's 12 to 14 km far from Chandigarh in tricity(Mohali)

I just discovered your youtube channel i actually belong to Chandigarh it’s my hometown i moved to United States with my parents when i was in middle school thank you so much for making this video 🙏🙏🙏🙏

now that you have talked about chandigarh i would love to hear about your takes on new delhi aka lutyens delhi

I'm from punjab, Chandigarh is our capital of the Punjab, believe me Chandigarh is the most amazing beautiful pure natural and greenest city of the india.. i love Chandigarh ❤❤❤

My dream is to one day build a city... people keep crushing it.

I have been to Chandigarh. It's a bizarrely designed place. And the stark divide between the rich and poor there is tragic.

This reminds me a lot of my home city, Brasília. Is there a video about it in this channel? If no, you definitely should consider doing one.

Man Brazil's capital BRASÍLIA would be great for a video like this

the word "Punjabi" is pronounced as "Pun (the English word)- jaab (like Saab car company) - E (the letter)"

The image you used at 6:00 is of Chandigarh University, which, unlike the name suggests, is not located in Chandigarh but 20 km away from it

"Man walks in a straight line because he has a goal and knows where he is going; he has made up his mind to reach some particular place and he goes straight to it. The pack-donkey meanders along, mediates a little in his scatter-brain and distracted fashion, he zigzags in order to avoid larger stones, or to ease the climb, or to gain a little shade; he takes the line of least resistance." quoted from the introduction to The City of Tomorrow. Have you ever been on a shopping expedition with a woman?

I have visited Chandigarh and found it to be refreshingly orderly, far less chaotic than other Indian cities. Wide avenues with refined modern architecture giving a unified theme, quite unlike other cities. Le Corbusier"s Courthouse design is amazing and I found the city easy to get around. Also the city has the fantastic Rock Garden, a true wonder of the world. I could live here.....

Everytime I hear Le Corbusier two things happen. Everyone Cringes and there’s a different way of pronouncing it.

In Argentina there is a city called La Plata, it is the capital of the state of Buenos Aires (not the city). La Plata was designed to replace the city of Buenos Aires as the capital of the province of the same name since that city was federalized as a separate district to serve as the country's capital. I would like you to make a video of La Plata, it is very curious

I enjoyed this video but would have really appreciated more images of the city being discussed (not just maps), and more explanation of how it functions well or not so well.

Map of India in wrong change it..

I've been to Chandigarh. It's objectively a bad city. Ugly, characterless concrete, and it takes *hours* to go anywhere not in a car.

Brasília's plan was conceived by Lucio Costa, not Oscar Niemeyer.

It would be nice to hear in which way it's traditional!

Please could you do Islamabad, Pakistan next

there are more planned cities in india ,hope u can do review i have lived in chandigarh,and it looks gud when compared to other cities,things arent clumsy but it is a bad bad city to live in,yyou need to travel miles to get a thing,each sector has maket which speacializes in 1 thing,& shopping malls 3 malls in row ,only 1 functions properly rest are ghost town NOIDA & GURUGRAM are better planned cities

hi im from india !!!!!!!!! ive been to chandigarh i love that city

Would be cool to see this with Plan Directorio, His redesign for Buenos Aires, Argentina