Central Vista Competition: Debriefing the Design Brief
- Vol.60
- New Delhi Brijendra S. Dua 2019-20
- 96-99p.
In recent months, Notice Inviting Bids was announced by the Government of India internationally to appoint a design consultant for the Redevelopment of Central Vista, the historic cultural core of New Delhi Capital City, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker in the early twentieth century. The absence of a clear intent, or a well-articulated brief and questionable process of conducting the competition about the redevelopment of an area of such imminence and significance has raised serious questions about the State’s intellectual capability of understanding the finer nuances of history, heritage,identity, environment and public space. Above all, it has received much public criticism about the way the whole process is being conducted. Many eminent voices from civil society including historians, conservation architects, urban designers, social scientists and writers have raised serious concerns about various related issues on different forums.