2005-2006 New Delhi International Field Trip
Introduction
Three projects were tackled in New Delhi in collaboration with post-graduate students in urban design at the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) in the city for two weeks. The MUDD students then took the projects ahead on their own in Sydney for two months. The objective of this project was not simply to come up with single solutions but to explore the intellectual basis for design everywhere.
Noida City Centre Site
The Noida City Centre site is a parcel land approximately 72 hectares which has been identified and reserved to create a regional centre for Noida. Noida is the planned urban expansion area for New Delhi with an industrial focus. It is located on the eastern site of the Yamuna River from New Delhi, in the neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh. The growth of the area is being managed in accordance with the Noida Master Plan 2021, prepared by the Noida Development Authority. The Noida Area has been planned to accommodate a population of 4 million by 2021.
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Najafgarh Urban Renewal Site
The site is an abandoned industrial area which formerly accommodated heavily polluting cotton mills. The mills have been located outside the New Delhi, but have left a legacy of soil and groundwater contamination. The site is located close to the city centre and road, metro, and inter-city rail links. It is also located close to a major civic park, known as Madan Park. It is bounded with main roads on two sides, a canal known as the Najafgarh Drain, and an existing middle class residential neighbourhood. The site has been isolated from the surrounding area by a high perimeter fence. The challenge of the site is to create a design which provides an appropriate adaptive re-use of this heavily polluted area and which take advantage of its considerable location assets.
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The site is divided by a major inter-city expressway (Gautam Buddah Expressway from New Delhi to Agra), creating a physical barrier between the east and the west site. It is bounded by two rivers, the Yammuna River to the west and the Hindon River to the east, which also create physical boundaries to the site. The site is located on the south-eastern fringe of Noida and physically isolated from New Delhi, a new release area to the east known as Greater Noida.
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Each student ultimately did a study and design for two of the three sites. The result was number of proposals for each site. Some of the proposals were based on the application of suitable precedents and others were based on what each student perceived to be the best direction in which to move ahead. In making their decisions, students were asked to evaluate the laissez-faire proposals and the designs based on precedents. Ultimately each student was asked to analyse what was generic and what was particular about the schemes that they designed. And most importantly, what did the proposal have to do with India.
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