Dominion Geometries : Colonial construction and Postcolonial persistence of the Imperial in the New Delhi Plan
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2005.
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| author | Gupta, Anubhav, 1978- |
| author2 | Lawrence J. Vale and Julian Beinart. |
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| description | Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2005. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/334132019-04-10T12:38:58Z Dominion Geometries : Colonial construction and Postcolonial persistence of the Imperial in the New Delhi Plan Colonial construction and Postcolonial persistence of the Imperial in the New Delhi Plan Gupta, Anubhav, 1978- Lawrence J. Vale and Julian Beinart. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Urban Studies and Planning. Architecture. Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2005. Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-150). New Delhi is not only the capital of India but the capital of the world's largest democracy. Conceived and built by the British, the New Delhi plan translated British India's home policy in sandstone. The government's administrative hierarchy and centralization of power was directly represented in the physical plan that impressed its magnificence and power over a country awakening to freedom. A realized grand vision imperial plan in an ideologically contradictory circumstance of independence and democracy is the unique departure point for this work. Divided in two parts corresponding to the colonial and postcolonial timeframes, this thesis attempts to answer the central questions of: -How was the Imperial constructed in colonial Delhi? -How and why has it persisted in the postcolonial evolution of New Delhi? At the macro level, this research engages intersecting themes of political ideology, physical planning, policy, culture and evolution in contemporary city form. the motivation for this research emerges from my own subscription to the fact that "[New Delhi today is] a kind of an overgrown capitol complex, resolutely detached from the rest of the city." In my view, it is the persistence or resistance of the "Imperial" in the post colonial democratization of New Delhi that is largely responsible for the fractures in the city's identity, urban form, sustenance and evolution. by Anubhav Gupta. S.M. M.C.P. 2006-08-23T21:01:13Z 2006-08-23T21:01:13Z 2005 2005 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33413 62739333 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 159, [1] p. 8402207 bytes 8408942 bytes application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf a-ii--- Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Urban Studies and Planning. Architecture. Gupta, Anubhav, 1978- Dominion Geometries : Colonial construction and Postcolonial persistence of the Imperial in the New Delhi Plan |
| title | Dominion Geometries : Colonial construction and Postcolonial persistence of the Imperial in the New Delhi Plan |
| title_full | Dominion Geometries : Colonial construction and Postcolonial persistence of the Imperial in the New Delhi Plan |
| title_fullStr | Dominion Geometries : Colonial construction and Postcolonial persistence of the Imperial in the New Delhi Plan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dominion Geometries : Colonial construction and Postcolonial persistence of the Imperial in the New Delhi Plan |
| title_short | Dominion Geometries : Colonial construction and Postcolonial persistence of the Imperial in the New Delhi Plan |
| title_sort | dominion geometries colonial construction and postcolonial persistence of the imperial in the new delhi plan |
| topic | Urban Studies and Planning. Architecture. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33413 |
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