L E A R NI GN F OR M D E L IH PROVIDI GN AN INSIGHT INTO THE MAKING OF CONTEM OPRARY ARCHIT E CTURE AND PLA NI GN EG CITY IN A VIBRANT M A
A fter the su ce s s of Leamin g froj m Mumb ai (2013) tinue d Vanderkaai Gand h i c o n Poie s z, Sc holte a n less o n s t ha t ca nbe el thehit rney to unr av their jo u ed from prac t is ing arc ectur e a nd urban le a rn p l an n ing in Ind ia, n ow focusingon Del ih.
sz and Gert Jan S ch olte Dutch ar ch i et cts Pelle P oie studie da r ch it ecture a t Delft Univ ersity of Techn ology . o e e rc e of s a r erla n d nd at Si J J. C ll ge A hit c tu in th Ne t h re in Mum bai. Twe n ty ye a r safter their stu d ent days in Mumbai, they re t urned t o the city to see it cha nged ge r stu edn t s but b eyond r ecognition. No wn o lo n a rchite c t ,sea h c wit hthei ro wn firm in the Net herlands, m ent wh at the architectu r esce en they set o u tto doc u c vo e r what is lik ein this Indian mega c it y, a nd to u n les s o n sc oul dbe learn ed fro m it.
B cak ro gu n d e s ays and illumin at ing m aps e rv iew swi th prep a r ethe gr o u n d for a series of i nt , arc ih te tc spla n n ers, a n d otherswo rk in g in t eh city of De lh i. Es ab t lished practitioner s with worl d l io s (including Raj Re al)w a n fam ou s po rt fo d bi g with the po ew t oset c ompa ine sa n r d in st itu tio n s a s age n in sta n c ethe World Ba nka n d DLF d (for ) find h e m embe rsof t elat e st g e n eration a p l cae alongsi d a n s( u hc a sAmbr ish Aro r aa n c d Madhav Ra m ). Lo al d its de v elopm en t (s cuh p e prs ective son Delh ia n abe er) e nand Moham m ad S h a s from Pradi p Kr is h ent ed by the take of for ei n ar ec omp el m g e r s �i ke e c i yt . Bas ) o n w or k ing in and o nt h Jo eri Aulma n is b undle comp el te wit hh is Los ekoot makes t h photo essayth at celebr tae sthe visual spe ctacle that is D elh i.
dhi is a re se ra cher a ndd Sann e Vanderkaaij Ga n w ri ter ba sed in Mumbai. She studied History an Co nt e pmorary A sian Stud i es a n d is fi na lizing her ternationa Deve lopment Studie s at the l Ph D in In a ds. Universit y of A ms terda ,mthe Ne therl n
n n e r s, h e tc ,sp la Th is bo ok will be of i nterest to arc it ar ch it ectu r e a n t s, for tho s e ing stud e n d p al nn th n i k ing of st rat ing a na r ch itecture or p al nning fir m in Ind ia, a sw ell a s for anyone interested in De ilhand i ro n m e n t. D elhi's built e nv
a Ser i e s Le arning from In di mpt s t o le a rn The Learning from India s erie sia t t e rof m Indi an citi es by uncover ng the principles of architec tur e a nd urban planning t hat sha pe them. Learning from India asks loc aland for eig n architectu re and planning professionals what the prospects and problems are of practisi ng architecture and planning in India 's major cities . What have they learned from their experiences? What can we le arn from India that can be applied elsewhere? Learning from Delh i is the second volumein the Learningfrom India series. Previously published in this series: Leaming from Mumbai (2013). Forthcoming titles include Leaming from Ahmedabad (2017).
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