Planning concept of new delhi

Planning concept of new delhi

1. Planning concept of New Delhi

2. Main Outline: Introduction. History Delhi vs New Delhi. Planning & Designing of New Delhi Main Architectural Buildings.

3. Introduction: New Delhi  is the capital and seat of government of India. It is also a municipality and district in Delhi. The foundation stone of the city was laid by George V, Emperor of India during the Delhi Durbar of 1911.  It was designed by British architects,  Sir Edwin Lutyens and  Sir Herbert Baker . Construction really began after World War I and was completed by 1931.

4. History: Calcutta (now Kolkata) was the capital of India during the British Raj until December 1911. The land for building the new city of Delhi was acquired under the Land Acquisition Act 1894. Large parts of New Delhi were planned by Edwin Lutyens , and Herbert Baker, both leading 20th-century British architects. The contract was given to   Sobha Singh  (later Sir Sobha Singh) ,he was a civil contractor and a prominent builder of  Lutyens ' Delhi and real estate owner of Delhi.

5. Differentiate: Delhi New Delhi Delhi is large metropolitan city which has 11 districts. Old Delhi’s narrow, unhygienic and congested by-lanes.  New Delhi is the area of Delhi .It is the capital of Delhi, as well as India. Excellent metro rail and road network,Wide roads, sky-rocketing buildings, stunning infrastructures and great flyovers .

6. Planning & Designing of New Delhi

7. Road Network: Edwin Lutyens had initially designed new delhi with all the street crossing at right angles. The road network consisted of diagonals and radials shape and at 30 degree or 60 degree angles to the main axis,which forming triangles and hexagones . The design of road network was capable of accommodating 6000 vehicles.

8. Land use Plan of New Delhi: Gov Complex Bunglow Zone Commercial

9. Main Architectural Buildings: Rashtrapati Bhavan Parliament House. Connaught Place. Lodhi Garden. Jantar Mantar . India Gate

10. Rashtrapati Bhavan : The  Rashtrapati Bhavan  "Presidential Residence"is the official home of the President of India, located in New Delhi, India. Designed by Edwin Lutyens .Construction started in 1912 and Completed in 1929. Having 340-rooms in main building that includes president's official residence, halls, guest rooms and offices. The area is about 130-hectare (320 acre) President Estate that additionally includes huge presidential gardens, large open spaces, residences of bodyguards and staff, stables, other offices and utilities within its perimeter walls. In terms of area, it was the largest residence of a head of state in the world until the Presidential Complex of Turkey opened 29 October 2014.

11. Consisting of four floors and 340 rooms, with a floor area of 200,000 square feet (19,000 m 2 ), it was built using 700 million bricks and 3,000,000 cu ft (85,000 m 3 ) of stone with little steel. The layout plan of the building is designed around a massive square with multiple courtyards and open inner areas within.

12. Parliament House Originally called the  House of Parliament , it was designed by the British architect Edwin Lutyens  and Herbert Baker in 1912-1913 and construction began in 1921. The shape is circular, separate halls were constructed for the sessions of the State Council, and the Central Legislative Assembly. The building is surrounded by large gardens and the perimeter is fenced off by sandstone railings ( jali ).

13. The dome is 98 ft. (29.87 metres ) in diameter and is believed that it is one of the most magnificent domes in the world.

14. Connaught Place: Connaught Place is one of the largest financial, commercial and business centres in New Delhi, India. It is often abbreviated to CP .It was developed as a showpiece of  Lutyens ' Delhi with a prominent Central Business District. Construction work began in 1929 and was completed in 1933. The Inner Circle of Connaught Place was renamed Rajiv Chowk while the Outer Circle became Indira Chowk .

15. Connaught Place had only two floors, which made almost a complete circle intended to commercial establishments on the ground with residential space on the first floor. The circle was eventually designed with two concentric circles, creating an Inner Circle, Middle Circle and the Outer Circle with seven roads radiating from a circular central park.

16. Lodhi Gardens: Lodhi Garden is a city park situated in New Delhi, India. Spread over 90 acres (360,000 m 2 ), It contains, Mohammed Shah's Tomb, Tomb of Sikandar Lodi,  Shisha Gumbad and Bara Gumbad,architectural works of the 15th century by  Lodhis.The site is now protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Lodhi Gardens is an important place of preservation.

17. Jantar Mantar : The Jantar Mantar is located in the modern city of New Delhi. It consists of 3 architectural astronomy instruments. The  Jantar Mantar  is an equinoctial sundial, consisting a gigantic triangular gnomon with the hypotenuse parallel to the Earth's axis. On either side of the gnomon is a quadrant of a circle, parallel to the plane of the equator. The primary purpose of the observatory was to compile astronomical tables, and to predict the times and movements of the sun, moon and planets.

18. The words  jantar  and mantar   means calculation instrument. It was built by Maharaja Jai Singh,(king) of Jaipur . Built in 1724.

19. India Gate: The India Gate, (originally called the All India War Memorial), is a war memorial located astride the  Rajpath , on the eastern edge of the ‘ceremonial axis’ of New Delhi, formerly called Kingsway. India gate is a memorial to 82,000 soldiers of the undivided Indian Army who died in the period 1914–21 in the First World War. 13,300 servicemen's names, including some soldiers and officers from the United Kingdom, are inscribed on the gate.  The India Gate, even though a war memorial, evokes the architectural style of the triumphal arch like the Arch of Constantine, outside the  Colosseum  in Rome, It was designed by SirEdwin Lutyens .

20. The foundation stone of the All-India War Memorial was laid on 10 February 1921, at 4:30 PM, The King said "On this spot, in the central vista of the Capital of India, there will stand a Memorial Archway, designed to keep" in the thoughts of future generations "the glorious sacrifice of the officers and men of the Indian Army who fought and fell".

21. The 42-metre tall India Gate, stands on a low base of red Bharatpur stone and rises in stages to a huge moulding . The shallow domed bowl at the top was intended to be filled with burning oil on anniversaries but this is rarely done. The India Gate hexagon complex, with a diameter of about 625 metres , covers approximately 306,000 m² in area

22. Canopy About 150 metres East of the India Gate war memorial, at a junction of six roads, is a 73-foot cupola,. Lutyens used four Delhi Order columns to support the domed canopy and its  chhajja . Under the canopy having the Royal Coat of Arms.

23. Amar Jawan Jyoti Amar Jawan Jyoti , or the  flame of the immortal soldier , is a structure consisting of black marble plinth, with reversed L1A1 Self-loading rifle, capped by war helmet, bound by four urns, each with the permanent light ( jyoti ) from (CNG) flames, erected under the India Gate to commemorate Indian soldiers killed in the defence of their country. It was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister  Indira Gandhi on 27 January 1979, the 23rd Republic Day. Since the installation of the Amar Jawan Jyoti , in 1972, it has served as India's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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