CHANDIGARH RETHINK captures the rich, ongoing discourse on radically transforming urbanities within the Global South with specific reference to India’s social, historical, economic and cultural
repositioning. It examines urban edge ‘figures’ and their rural ‘grounds’ -- relevant not just to Chandigarh, but also to cities in general -- while suggesting narrative strategies via
provocative design studio design work. These introspections are framed within themed contributions from a globally recognized group of scholars who represent the diverse disciplines of
architecture, planning, urban design, landscape ecologies and the humanities. As a topical publication onglobal urbanities transforming a ‘signature’ urban project, CHANDIGARH RETHINK
anticipates the Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures (blc) program and SARUP’s efforts to uniquely aligning urban research, pedagogy and critical design practice towards examining global urbanities
that continue to defy normative urban analysis. Beyond serving as an exemplar for globally aware architectural schools nationwide and beyond, it is also directed to serve as an instructive
primer for design students and instructorsexamining global urban sites.
