Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi

1. Institute of Social Sciences
8, Nelson Mandela Road
New Delhi - 110070

                                                                                                            
A Pretty institute with plants all green
Endowed with an equatorial fresh sheen
Well tended by gardeners sincere
Bathing them just as infants dear

2. Canteen no, call me Cafe please

3. Basement with potted plants
A sight one can never forget

Nearby too is a quaint canteen
Basement it is, into which air is bent
Seems strange, but is so the case
From open sides through which I gaze




White pebbles and grey tiles in a maze
A patch of green and potted pants encased
Even a bit of green can brighten the day
Come sit in my enclosure it seems to say

                                                                     

4. A cozy niche it is for sure. If you click on the
 picture you will see white rounded 
pebbles in the extreme left

Note:-
This small poem was written around 2004 when I happened to visit the place with my husband and we sat in the cafe for an hour or so. Actually I think we were waiting there for someone, but in fact I enjoyed every moment of it. Now I just checked out who the designer is and this is what I found and thought why not share with you all. 

So do you want to know who designed the Institute?

Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi was designed by Pradeep Sachdeva Design Associates, New Delhi in collaboration with Christopher Charles Benninger and Associates, Pune.

                             
                              Designer of Dilli haat and Garden of Five Senses.........

                              Pradeep Sachdeva Design Associates gives you worth your cents.........

Pradeep Sachdeva Design Associates started in the early 1990s as a small design studio, working mainly on domestic projects. Today, the practice has 25 architects and designers involved in a wide range of projects, from the design of a chair to the redevelopment of a street.

In 1999, they were commissioned to build an office building (with a built-up area of 1500 sq.m ) for the Institute of Social-Sciences, New Delhi.

Their work includes numerous critically acclaimed projects such as: Dilli Haat at Aurobindo Marg and Pitampura, Garden of Five Senses New Delhi, Street development and Godavari river front development at Nanded, Taj Usha Kiran Palace Gwalior, and new spa at the ITC Mughal Agra, Samode Palace and Samode Haveli in Jaipur.

5. Samode Palace in Jaipur 

6. Samode Haveli in Jaipur  

7.  Dilli Haat at Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi

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