The site for the Indira Gandhi National Center of
arts is located in the heart of Edwin Lutyens master plan for colonial New
Delhi at the intersection of Rajpath (king’s way) and Janpath (people’s way).
The complex program is organized and oriented along a symbolic river that
originates at the eastern edge of the complex (Sutradahara) where research is
conducted and the Center’s programs are created and organized.
The proposed design
maintains the street-wall along Janpath and the street network parallel to
Rajpath within the site boundaries. Within the site an interconnected network
of active open spaces is created that is consistent with the program areas. The
primary intent of the design is to respond to the urban context while
responding to the civic and more intimate scale requirements throughout the
site. The project is sensitive to the formal aspects of Lutyens work while
reinterpreting these for the contemporary condition.
