Delhi's houses: The subconscious of a Capital, chronicled in its residences
India, Feb. 23 -- A city builds itself around its people. Its most intimate architecture is residential, the house speaks through its people and their connection with land, climate, history, habits - both mental and physical. Delhi, is composed of many lives at once. Who is the Dilliwallah and how do they live? To understand the subconscious behind this life, one must understand the city and its becoming. There is an ancient Delhi around Purana Qila, where settlements dating back to 1500 BCE speak solemnly of ordinary lives through utensils, tools, and fragments of craft. There is an early medieval Delhi and a visibly medieval Delhi, still standing, peaking through the gaps of urbanism.
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