A city’s fabric is ever changing and evolving depending on the needs of the hour, climatic factors, political interventions, and the necessity for development. In India, very few cities have had the opportunity to be planned and executed at a certain time by a single architect. The capital city of Delhi, though being the result of multiple invasions and ruled by different kingdoms, bears within it one such planned zone – Lutyen’s Delhi. But with the passage of time, the initial ideas of the planner were overlooked and unplanned alterations, extensions and additions were made thus leaving behind a disordered “planned” city. While development always aims for the greater good in most scenarios, it tends to overlook the core concepts and understanding implemented by the architect. Lutyens’ Delhi is one of a kind being the few garden cities in the world and plays the role of the “lung space “of the city. Filled with large garden spaces and very less built volumes, Lutyens’ Delhi became iconic for the country. But, post-independence, as bureaucracy took over the capital, one witnessed the erection of large compound walls around these gardens and a heavy privatization of the green spaces started to occur as the residences were handed over to bureaucrats and government officials. The public green spaces that were planned were let out for development and over a period of years, a heavy decline of the gardens to be replaced with built masses was witnessed. The thesis questions the possibility of sensitive and contextual development and aims at the revival of these public green spaces with an added layer of functionality in the fragmented remains of post-colonial Delhi. The thesis focuses on the Delhi Imperial Zone – a part of Lutyens’ Delhi that has been excluded despite being planned by the architect and where the maximum change of character and development occurred post-independence. It questions the existing plans and commercial proposals by the government and proposes an alternative concept of a Garden Market that would include the same functional layers but with enhanced sensitivity to the context and incorporating inferences from the concepts of a Garden City.
Il tessuto di una città è in continua evoluzione ed evoluzione a seconda delle esigenze del momento, dei fattori climatici, degli interventi politici e della necessità di sviluppo. In India, pochissime città hanno avuto l'opportunità di essere progettate ed eseguite in un determinato momento da un solo architetto. La capitale Delhi, pur essendo il risultato di molteplici invasioni e governata da diversi regni, ha al suo interno una di queste zone pianificate: la Delhi di Lutyen. Ma con il passare del tempo, le idee iniziali del progettista furono trascurate e furono apportate modifiche, ampliamenti e aggiunte non pianificate, lasciando così una città “pianificata” disordinata. Sebbene lo sviluppo miri sempre al bene superiore nella maggior parte degli scenari, tende a trascurare i concetti fondamentali e la comprensione implementati dall'architetto. La Delhi di Lutyens è unica nel suo genere essendo le poche città giardino al mondo e svolge il ruolo di "spazio polmonare" della città. Piena di ampi giardini e volumi molto meno costruiti, la Delhi di Lutyens è diventata un'icona per il paese. Ma, dopo l'indipendenza, quando la burocrazia ha preso il controllo della capitale, si è assistito all'erezione di grandi muri composti attorno a questi giardini e ha iniziato a verificarsi una pesante privatizzazione degli spazi verdi quando le residenze sono state consegnate a burocrati e funzionari governativi. Gli spazi verdi pubblici previsti furono dati in lottizzazione e negli anni si assistette ad un pesante degrado dei giardini per essere sostituiti con masse edificate. La tesi mette in discussione la possibilità di uno sviluppo sensibile e contestuale e mira alla rinascita di questi spazi verdi pubblici con un ulteriore livello di funzionalità nei resti frammentati della Delhi post-coloniale. La tesi si concentra sulla zona imperiale di Delhi, una parte della Delhi di Lutyens che è stata esclusa nonostante fosse stata pianificata dall'architetto e dove si è verificato il massimo cambiamento di carattere e sviluppo dopo l'indipendenza. Mette in discussione i piani esistenti e le proposte commerciali del governo e propone un concetto alternativo di un mercato del giardino che includerebbe gli stessi livelli funzionali ma con una maggiore sensibilità al contesto e incorporando deduzioni dai concetti di una città giardino.
The garden market. Revitalizing commercial spaces in post colonial Delhi imperial zone
Aziz Chowdry, Ammaar Abu;AHMED, MOHAMMED JUNAID;BAHL, KSHITIJ
2020/2021
Abstract
A city’s fabric is ever changing and evolving depending on the needs of the hour, climatic factors, political interventions, and the necessity for development. In India, very few cities have had the opportunity to be planned and executed at a certain time by a single architect. The capital city of Delhi, though being the result of multiple invasions and ruled by different kingdoms, bears within it one such planned zone – Lutyen’s Delhi. But with the passage of time, the initial ideas of the planner were overlooked and unplanned alterations, extensions and additions were made thus leaving behind a disordered “planned” city. While development always aims for the greater good in most scenarios, it tends to overlook the core concepts and understanding implemented by the architect. Lutyens’ Delhi is one of a kind being the few garden cities in the world and plays the role of the “lung space “of the city. Filled with large garden spaces and very less built volumes, Lutyens’ Delhi became iconic for the country. But, post-independence, as bureaucracy took over the capital, one witnessed the erection of large compound walls around these gardens and a heavy privatization of the green spaces started to occur as the residences were handed over to bureaucrats and government officials. The public green spaces that were planned were let out for development and over a period of years, a heavy decline of the gardens to be replaced with built masses was witnessed. The thesis questions the possibility of sensitive and contextual development and aims at the revival of these public green spaces with an added layer of functionality in the fragmented remains of post-colonial Delhi. The thesis focuses on the Delhi Imperial Zone – a part of Lutyens’ Delhi that has been excluded despite being planned by the architect and where the maximum change of character and development occurred post-independence. It questions the existing plans and commercial proposals by the government and proposes an alternative concept of a Garden Market that would include the same functional layers but with enhanced sensitivity to the context and incorporating inferences from the concepts of a Garden City.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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