Negotiating Cultures: Delhi's Architecture and Planning from 1912 to 1962

321 Pages·2018·10.502 MB·English

by  Guerrieri.

Negotiating Cultures
Negotiating Cultures
Delhi’s Architecture and Planning
from 1912 to 1962
Pilar Maria Guerrieri

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FIGURES
1.1 Silk and Maritime Routes Connecting
Europe and India 18
1.2 Colonial Routes 18
2.1 Project for New Delhi (Not Realized),
1912 45
2.2 Sketch of Early Project for New Delhi
by H.V. Lanchester, 1912 46
2.3 Layout Plan of New Delhi Between
pp. 46 and 47
2.4 Land Use Plan of Delhi Between
pp. 46 and 47
3.1 Delhi Guide Map: 1939–1942 Between
pp. 80 and 81
3.2 Delhi Guide Map: 1955–1956 Between
pp. 80 and 81
3.3 Map of Delhi Drawn by Delhi
Improvement Trust Showing the
New Development Areas of the City
During the End of the Colonial Period,
1939–1940 81
viii Figures
3.4 Grid Layout Plan of Jangpura Colony
Built during the Colonial Period,
c. 1920 82
3.5 Layout Plan of Lodi Colony, c. 1940 83
3.6 Photograph of One of the Modern
Houses of Lodi Colony Built during the
Late Colonial Period, 2014 84
3.7 Photograph of One of the Houses
in Daryaganj, c. 1925 84
3.8 Photograph of One of the Modern
Houses of Daryaganj Colony Built
during the Colonial Period, 2014 85
3.9 Photograph of One of Karol Bagh’s
Straight Line Lanes Built during the
1920s, 2014 86
3.10 Layout Plan of Sarojini Nagar Colony
(Previously, Vinay Nagar) Built
Immediately aft er Independence,
c. 1950 87
3.11 Photograph of a Modern House
in Sarojini Nagar Colony Built
Immediately aft er Independence,
2014 87
3.12 Plans of Jor Bagh and Golf Links
Colonies Built Immediately aft er
Independence, 1955 88
3.13 Photograph of One of the Modern
Houses of Golf Links Built Immediately
aft er Independence in a Modern Style,
c. 2014 88
3.14 Plans of Green Park Colony and Green
Park Extension Built Immediately aft er
Independence, c. 1955 89
3.15 Photograph of One of the Modern
Houses of Laxmi Bai Nagar Colony
Built Immediately aft er Independence,
2014 90
Figures ix
3.16 Photograph of a Mosque in Kaka
Nagar Colony Built Immediately aft er
Independence, 2014 90
3.17 Photograph of the Market in Kaka
Nagar Colony, 2014 91
3.18 Photograph of Pandara Park, 2014 91
3.19 Photograph of a Modern House in
Sundar Nagar Colony Built Immediately
aft er Independence, 2014 92
3.20 Layout Plan of Patel Nagar Refugee
Colony Built Immediately aft er
Independence 92
3.21 Layout Plan of RK Puram Colony Built
aft er Independence, 2014 93
3.22 Photograph of One of the Houses
in RK Puram Colony, 2014 94
3.23 Photographs of a Group of Houses
in RK Puram Colony, 2014 94
3.24 Layout Plan of Malviya Nagar Colony
Built Immediately aft er Independence,
c. 1952 95
3.25 Layout Plan of the Diplomatic Enclave
and Chanakyapuri Colony, c. 1954 96
4.1 Ground Plan of a Typical House
at Budhpur Village around Delhi,
1961 132
4.2 View of a Street in Budhpur Village
around Delhi, 1961 133
4.3 Plan of Ali Manzil Haveli in Delhi,
c. 1950 134
4.4 Photograph of the Interior of a
Haveli in Old Delhi 135
4.5 Section of Dharanpura Haveli in Old
Delhi, c. 1950 136
4.6 Sketch of New Delhi Garden City,
c. 1920 137
x Figures
4.7 Plan that Shows the Distribution of
the Bungalows in New Delhi Plan,
c. 1920 137
4.8 Layout of a Bungalow Class A in
Block 29 in New Delhi, c. 1925 138
4.9 Layout of a Gazetted Offi cers’ Bungalow
Class C in New Delhi, c. 1925 138
4.10 Layout of a Gazetted Offi cers’ Bungalow
Class A in Queens Way Road in New
Delhi, c. 1925 139
4.11 Layout of a Gazetted Offi cers’ Bungalow
Class A in New Delhi, c. 1925 139
4.12 Modern Houses in South Delhi,
c. 1963 140
4.13 Modern Houses in South Delhi,
c. 1963 141
4.14 Modern Houses in South Delhi,
c. 1963 142
4.15 Photograph of Defence Colony aft er
Independence, c. 1960 143
4.16 Plan of a Refugee Single House Plot
in Kalkaji Colony aft er Independence,
c. 1960 144
4.17 Sketch of the Plan of a Government
House Type IV in Lakshmi Bai Nagar
Colony Built aft er Independence,
2014 145
4.18 Sketch of the Plan of a Government
House Type I Sector V of RK Puram
Colony Built aft er Independence,
2014 146
5a.1 Photograph of Baroda House
in New Delhi, c. 1936 192
5a.2 Photograph of Hyderabad House
in New Delhi, c. 1926 192
5a.3 Photograph of All India Old Broadcasting
House in New Delhi, c. 1930 193
Figures xi
5a.4 Photograph of Willingdon Old Delhi
Airport (Now Named Safdarjung
Airport), c. 1929 193
5a.5 Photograph of the Sacred Church
Cathedral in New Delhi, c. 1930 194
5a.6 Photograph of the Cathedral Church
of the Redemption in New Delhi,
2014 194
5a.7 Photograph of the Rashtrapati Bhavan
in New Delhi, c. 1931 195
5a.8 Photograph of the Viceroy’s House
in New Delhi, c. 1931 195
5a.9 Photograph of the India Gate
in New Delhi, 1930 196
5a.10 Photograph of Connaught Place
in New Delhi, 1933 196
5a.11 Photograph of the Parliament of India
in New Delhi, 1927 197
5a.12 Photograph of St. Martin’s Church
in Delhi Cantonment, 2014 197
5a.13 Photograph of the City Hall in
Old Delhi, 1930 198
5a.14 Photograph of St Stephen’s College
in Northern Delhi, 2014 198
5b.1 Photograph of the Supreme Court
in New Delhi, 2014 199
5b.2 Photograph of the Supreme Court
in New Delhi, 2014 199
5b.3 Photograph of Akbar Hotel in Delhi,
c. 1965 200
5b.4 Photograph of the Indian Institute
of Technology, c. 1959 200
5b.5 Photograph of the Chancery Building
for Pakistan High Commission,
c. 1960 201
5b.6 Photograph of the Delhi school
of Economics, c. 1950 201
xii Figures
5b.7 Photograph of the Claridges Hotel
in New Delhi, c. 1955 202
5b.8 Photograph of Azad Bhavan in Delhi,
c. 1959 202
5b.9 Photograph of St Xavier’s School
in Delhi, 2014 203
5b.10 School of Planning and Architecture,
1955 203
5b.11 Plan of Rabindra Bhavan in Delhi,
c. 1960 204
5b.12 Photograph of Rabindra Bhavan
in Delhi, c. 1960 205
5b.13 Plan of the Indian International Centre
in Delhi, c. 1961 206
5b.14 Aerial View of the Indian International
Centre in Delhi, c. 1961 207
5b.15 Photograph of the Kothari Building
in Delhi, 1960 208
5b.16 Photograph of a Cinema House
in Delhi, c. 1959 208
5b.17 Photograph of Apsara Cinema in Delhi,
1962 209
5b.18 Photograph of the Ashoka Hotel
in Delhi, c. 1959 210
5b.19 Photograph of the Punjab National
Bank Building in Delhi,
c. 1958 211
5b.20 Photograph of the US Embassy,
c. 1953 211
5b.21 Photograph of the Buddha Jayanti Park,
c. 1961 212
5b.22 Plan of the Indian Industry Fair held
in Delhi in, 1961 213
5b.23 Photograph of the Institute of Nuclear
Medicine in Delhi, c. 1962 214
5b.24 Photograph of the Offi ce of the Deputy
Accountant General, Post and Telegraph
in Delhi, c. 1960 214
Figures xiii
5b.25 Photograph of Yojana Bhavan in Delhi,
c. 1960 215
5b.26 Photograph of Krishi Bhavan in Delhi,
c. 1955 215
5b.27 Photograph of the Entrance of Teen
Murti Conference Hall in Delhi,
2014 216
5b.28 Photograph of the Tuberculosis
Association of India Building in Delhi,
2014 216
5b.29 Photograph of Khan Market
in New Delhi, 1955 217
5b.30 Photograph of Kamala Market
in New Delhi, 1950 217
5b.31 Photograph of Lodi Colony Market
in Delhi, 2014 218
A.1 Plan of Mocenigo Villa by Palladio
in Northern Italy, 1570 236
A.2 Redrawn Sketch of the Plan of
Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire in
England, 2016 237
A.3 Photograph of the British Colonial
Government House in Calcutta,
2013 237
A.4 Redrawn Sketch of the Plan of the
Government House of Calcutta,
2016 238
A.5 Photograph of St. James Church
in Delhi, 2014 238
A.6 Sketch of Lutyens Inspired by Andrea
Palladio for the Viceroy House in New
Delhi, 1911–12 239
A.7 Plan of the Viceroy House in New Delhi,
1912 240
A.8 Photograph of the Viceroy House
in New Delhi, c. 2000 241