‘A Tribute to Joseph Allen Stein.’ The architect reflects on his personal meetings with Stein, his work, and his legacy. This section of the book concludes with an overview of some facts and figures on the city compiled by arch-i as well as various maps. These graphic representations of the city provide a beautiful illustration of the staggering growth that Delhi has witnessed. In the next section we present some of the interviews we held with practising professionals in Delhi. During our three visits we met a wide variety of architects and planners. Some were engaged in projects on a mammoth scale, such as Mohit Gujral of DLF and Onno Ruhl and Barjor Mehta of the World Bank. Some were practitioners with decades of experience: Romi Khosla and the world famous Raj Rewal. Others presided over flourishing practices covering a plethora of project types: Ambrish Arora, Pankaj Gupta, Christine Mueller, Madhav Raman, and Sonali Rastogi. Pradip Krishen and Mohammad Shaheer made us shift our gaze from the usual steel, cement, and stone to the trees and plants of Delhi. Joerie Aulman and Anne Feenstra not only shared their professional knowledge of planning and architecture in and around Delhi, but–being Dutch−also provided us with their intercultural take on working in Delhi. In this section you will also find a brief article on the workshop we conducted at the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) in Delhi. Students reflected on the expected, the unexpected, the conspicuous, and the inconspicuous spatial impact of the highly successful Metro. We asked Bas Losekoot to travel with us to Delhi and to shine his light and focus his lens on India’s capital and its inhabitants. Who are the Delhiites? Who walks those wide pavements and visits the numerous green spaces? Who crowds the Metro and Delhi’s tiny lanes? His photo essay does more than justice to this fascinating metropolis: his images celebrate the many faces of Delhi. We hope that in the current volume you will not only find the answers to the questions that we were asking ourselves, but that you will also feel some of the spark we felt while interacting with so many of Delhi’s interesting residents. We hope that you will be left feeling−just like we were−that you have learned from Delhi and want to keep Learning from Delhi. Pelle Poiesz Gert Jan Scholte Sanne Vanderkaaij Gandhi
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