GATE Architecture/Planning 2016

Question : Capital Town of Gandhi Nagar has been designed by

(A) Norman Foster       (B) B V Doshi              (C) H K Mewada         (D) Le Corbusier

Answer: C (H K Mewada).

o    In 1971 the city of Gandhi Nagar was planned for a population of 1,50,000, by H K Mewada and Prakash M Apte.

o    Norman Foster is planning Abu Dhabi, Zero Carbon + Zero Waste City which is to be completed by 2015. B V Doshi had planned Vidyadhar Nagar, near Jaipur, while Le Corbusier planned Chandigarh.

Other planned cities of India.

                     i.            Auroville- Ar Roger Anger along with Mirra Alfassa, the Spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo.

                    ii.            Bhubaneshwar- Otto Konigsberger (German Architect and planner)

                  iii.            Chandigarh- Le Corbusier

                  iv.            Durgapur- Joseph Allen Stein and Benjamin Polk

                   v.            Gandhi Nagar- H K Mewada and Prakash M Apte

                  vi.            Jaipur- Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh

                vii.            Jamshedpur- FC Temple, Otto Konigsberger, Maple (Master plan prepared by Konigsberger)

               viii.            Kolkata- Job Charnok

                  ix.            New Delhi- Leutyens

                   x.            Vidyadhar Nagar (city close to Jaipur) - B V Doshi.

                  xi.            Navi Mumbai- Charles Correa