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SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE

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INTRODUCTION: DILLI HAAT IS A PROJECT OF DELHI TOURISM & NEW DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION; IT PROVIDES AN AMBIENCE OF A TRADITIONAL VILLAGE MARKET FOR MORE CONTEMPORARY NEEDS. IT PROVIDES A SYNTHESIS OF CRAFT, FOOD AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. THE 6 ACRES OF LAND ON WHICH THIS SPRAWLING COMPLEX IS SITUATED WAS SALVAGED AS PART OF A RECLAMATION PROJECT AND TRANSFORMED INTO A MAGNIFICENT DREAM PLAZA. DILLI HAAT IS NOT JUST A MARKET PLACE; IT HAS BEEN VISUALIZED AS A SHOWPIECE OF TRADITIONAL INDIAN CULTURE- A FORUM WHERE RURAL LIFE AND FOLK ART ARE BROUGHT CLOSER TO AN URBAN CLIENTELE. THESE SHOPS CHANGE HANDS EVERY 15 DAYS AND THEREFORE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY TO THE VISITORS WITH A DIFFERENT SET OF SHOPS PERIODICALLY AND THEREFORE MOTIVATES THEM TO KEEP REVISITING AGAIN AND AGAIN. IT PROVIDES ENCOURAGEMENT TO NEEDY ARTISTS & SERVES AS AN OUTLET CENTRE FOR THEM A SMALL FOOD COURT WHICH BRINGS A VARIETY OF CUISINES OF DIFFERENT STATES TOGETHER IT IS MADE TO PROJECT THE CULTURAL ASPECTS OF DIFFERENT STATES OF INDIA BY ORGANIZING "FESTIVALS" EVERY MONTH, IN COLLABORATION WITH STATE TOURISM CORPORATIONS.

CIRCULATION: FROM THE ENTRANCE PLAZA TO THE END OF THE COMPLEX, THE CIRCULATION IS ENTIRELY PEDESTRIAN BY THE USE OF RAMPS & STEP, LOTS OF LEVELS HAVE BEEN CREATED TO DEFINE BUILDINGS MORE DISTINCTLY. CIRCULATION IN FRONT OF SHOPS IS THROUGH A VERANDAH COVERED ARCADE. THE SPACES ALSO GET VARIED CHARACTER BECAUSE THE PLAZA CHANGES CHARACTER FROM A LARGE ENTRANCE PLAZA TO AN OBLONG OPEN SPACE.
CIRCULATION PLAN

SERVICE ENTRANCE HAS BEEN PROVIDED AT VARIOUS POINTS ON THE PERIPHERY

LOCATION: KIDWAI NAGAR, OPPOSITE INA MARKET, NEW DELHI DATE OF COMPLETION: DECEMBER I993 CLIENT: DELHI TOURISM & MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI ARCHITECT: PRADEEP SACHDEVA, DESIGN ASSOCIATES, NEW DELHI SITE AREA: 6 ACRES, APPROX. 100M x 300M BUILT UP AREA: 3190 SQM GROUND COVERAGE: 12%
CONNECTIVITY:

FEATURES OF GREEN AREA

A PLAZA PAVED WITH STONE AND BRICKWORK SKILLFULLY INTERSPERSED WITH GRASS, FLOWERING SHRUBS AND TOWERING EUCALYPTUS TREES PLUS A PLAY CORNER FOR CHILDREN HAVE CONJURED UP AN OASIS IN WHICH VISITORS CAN BROWSE IN THEIR LEISURE TIME. PLANTS AVAILABLE AT DILLI HAAT ARE EUCAYPTUS,GULMOHAR, BAMBOO PLANT, NEEM , PLUMERIA. THE LANDSCAPE OF THE AREA INCORPORATES COLORFUL FLOWERING SHRUBS AND TREES THUS THE ENTIRE COMPLEX IS IN HARMONY WITH THE ENVIRONMENT. AN ELABORATE PLANTSCAPE PLAN BUILT AROUND THE INDIAN TREES SUCH AS THE MOGRA OR RAAT KI RAANI. THE STORE BLOCK ENCLOSING EXISTING NEEM TREES AND GIVING THE AMBIENCE OF A MODERN RURAL HARYANA HOUSE. EUCALYPTUS TREES ARE USED AT THE BORDER AND ARE PLACED IN ROWS AND IN CLUSTERS ALSO.

DISTANCE FROM AIRPORT: APPROX.11 KILLOMETRES DISTANCE FROM NEW DELHI RAILWAY STATION: APPROX. 6 KILOMETERS DISTANCE FROM NIZAMMUDDIN RAILWAY STATION: APPROX. 6 KILOMETERS DISTANCE FROM INA METRO STATION : APPROX. 50 MTS.
SITE CONDITIONS: THE OVER ALL AREA AVAILABLE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100M X 300 M. THE SITE ITSELF POSED UNUSUAL CONSTRAINTS LIKE THE NALLAH RUNNING THROUGH THE ENTIRE LENGTH . THE NALLAH WAS COVERED WITH R.C.C. SLAB BUT IT WAS NOT ALLOWED TO CONSTRUCT ANY STRUCTURE OVER IT AS IT NO T BEEN DESIGNED TO TAKE SUCH LOADS. THIS RESULTED IN PLANNING OF BUILDING TOWARDS THE PERIPHERY. THE TWO SIDES OF THE NALLAH HAD BEEN FILLED UP WITH SOIL, NECESSITATING FOUNDATION AS MUCH AS 8M DEEP.

GREEN AREA AND LIGHTING FIXTURES

PRESENTED BY: MALLIKA GUPTA ,HARI KUMAR YADAV. 4th YEAR SECTION-A

CRAFTS SHOP( PERMANENT & TEMPORARY STRUCTURE):

ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES
THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES OF THE COMPLEX HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY DESIGNED IN THE TRADITIONAL NORTH INDIAN STYLE, WITH BRICKWORK JAIL (LATTICE) AND STONE ROOFS. A HALL IN THE COMPLEX SPECIFICALLY CATERS TO EXHIBITIONS OF THE HANDLOOMS AND HANDICRAFTS. A SOUVENIR SHOP, ALSO DISPLAYS ATTRACTIVE ETHNIC PRODUCTS. THE SMALL THATCHED ROOF COTTAGES AND KIOSKS, WITHOUT ANY CONCRETE STRUCTURES PROVIDE A VILLAGE ATMOSPHERE. THE SHOPS ARE SET UP ON PLATFORMS, WHICH ACT AS A LINK IN THE BAZAR DESIGN. THE COURTYARDS BETWEEN THE SHOPS ARE PAVED IN STONE AND INTERSPACED WITH GRASS TO RETAIN A VISUAL SOFTNESS. THE LANDSCAPING OF THE AREA INCORPORATES COLOURFUL FLOWERING SHRUBS AND TREES, THUS THE ENTIRE COMPLEX IS IN HARMONY WITH THE ENVIRONMENT. STORE THE CRAFT SHOPS, ESSENTIALLY A VERANDAH LIKE ARCADE, HAVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BUILT IN SHELVES TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF SELLING STYLES: OFF- COUNTER, ON THE FLOOR, STEPPED DISPLAY AND SO ON. FROM THE CENTRAL SPINE FIRST COMES THE OPEN PLATFORM MEANT FOR TEMPORARY SHOPS THESE ARE PROVIDED WITH JUST CONSTRUCTING PILLARS AND PLATFORM. FOR THESE SHOPS ROOF IS OF WOODEN PURLINS WITH BAMBOO MAT SPECIAL STORES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR TEMPORARY SHOPS WHERE CRAFTSMEN STORE THEIR GOODS AT NIGHT TROLLEYS FOR TRANSPORTING GOODS TO THE STORES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED SHUTTERS MADE OF BAMBOO MATS ARE USED FOR CLOSING THE SHOPS AT MANY PLACE, THE SHOPS AE PLACED IN A ROW, WHILE AT MANY OTHERS THEY OCCUR IN FORM OF CLUSTERS. THIS IS DUE TO TOWERING EUCALYPTUS TREES THAT LINED THE SITE.

CRAFTS SHOP(TEMPORARY STRUCTURE MADE OF BAMBOO)

CRAFTS SHOP(PERMANENT STRUCTURE)

FOOD PLAZAS
FOOD PLAZA IS PROVIDED AT THE BACK, DUE TO THE REQUIREMENT OF HYGIENE & DUST PROOFING IS FURNISHED IN KOTA STONE FLOORING AND FLAT R.C.C. ROOF . THERE ARE 52 FOOD STALLS IN WHOLE PLAZA, WITH EACH ONE SPECIALIZING IN THE FOODS OF A PARTICULAR STATE, THERE BY PROVIDING FOOD FROM ALL STATES SINCE LOTS OF SPACE WAS REQUIRED FOR HAVING SO MANY FOOD STALLS AS SMALL AS 20-24 SQM. SPACE IS GIVEN TO EACH FOOD STALL AND OPEN SEATING IN FRONT ARE CREATED IN LEVELS. SEATING IN FRONT IS BOTH PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY. SMALL GARDENS HAVE BEEN CREATED WITH SEATS ARRANGED AROUND THEM AND THE RESTAURANTS ARE COVERED UNDER SHEDS ALL THE FOOD STALLS ARE SIMPLE BRICK STRUCTURES WITH FLAT R.C.C. ROOFS AND PARAPET WALLS ARE GIVEN A TREATMENT OF BRICK JAALI THE FRONT FACADE OF DIFFERENT BLOCKS ARE GIVEN DIFFERENT TREATMENTS IN FORM OF TRADITIONAL ARTS OF THEIR STATE. THE COUNTER IS GIVEN A TREATMENT OF MOSAIC THAT DEPICTS THE CULTURE OF THE STATE .

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KITCHEN FUEL

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FOOD PLAZA TYPE 2

FOOD PLAZA TYPE 1

SHOPS WITH DIFFERENT DISPLAYS: HIGH & LOW COUNTERS BRICK JAALI PATTERN ON WALLS BUILT SHELVES FOR DISPLAY

OPEN AIR THEATER

A SMALL PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE ENDS THE VISTA. STAGE HAS A CIRCULAR FORM AND THERE IS ADEQUATE BASK STAGE SPACE AVAILABLE BUT THE FRONT SPACE FOR VISITORS IS VERY LESS. THERE IS A CENTRAL 10-O WIDE WALKWAY TOWARDS STAGE FROM FRONT ENTRANCE WHICH IS IDENTIFIED BY 4 RICHLY CARVED WOODEN COLUMNS. THIS AREA IS SEPARATED FROM SURROUNDING ACTIVITIES WITH BAMBOO STICKS. THESE BAMBOO STICKS ON THE OUTER EDGE AND THE GRAVEL ON THE SEATING AREA CREATE A COMPLETE VILLAGE PERFORMANCE AREA

FOOD PLAZAS OF DIFFERENT STATES

STAGE BAMBOO PARTATION GREEN ROOM

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SLOPE FOR WHEEL CHAIR BARRIER FREE DESIGN

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PRESENTED BY: MALLIKA GUPTA ,HARI KUMAR YADAV. 4th YEAR SECTION-A

SIGNAGE:

MATERIAL, TECHNOLOGY AND LOW COST CONSTRUCTION ROOFS OF THE SHOPS HAVE PRECAST R.C. BEAMS OVER WHICH SANDSTONE SLABS ARE PLACED AND THEN EARTHEN POTS WITH MUD PHUSKA IS PLACED TO INSULATE AGAINST HEAT OVER WHICH BRICK TILES ARE LAID. USE OF SEGMENTAL AND SOLDIER ARCHES JAALI PARAPET WALLS JAALI IN SHOP WALLS FOR VENTILATION PLAIN EXPOSED BRICK WALLS HAVE BEEN USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BLOCKS JUXTAPOSED WITH CONCRETE AND MILD STEEL TO CREATE INTEREST. ROUGH SIDES OF INTERIOR WALLS HAVE BEEN SIMPLY PAINTED. SHUTTERS OF THE SHOPS ARE MADE OF BAMBOO PLYWOOD.

PROPER SIGNAGE HAS BEEN USED FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES

TEMPORARY STRUCTURES OF BAMBOO & FABRIC ARE MADE WHOSE DESIGN CHANGES WITH CHANGE IN FESTIVAL

THE SURFACING SHALL BE IN NATURAL MATERIALS LIKE STONES BRICK PAVING & SLATE FOR EASY & LONG TERM USAGE. USE OF TRADITIONAL ELEMENTS OF CONSTRUCTION FOR PROVIDING AN ETHNIC LOOK TO AREA AND ALSO MAKING IT LOW COST FOR CONSTRUCTION. USE OF NUMEROUS BRICK PATTERN ADDED VARYING TEXTURE TO THE MONOTONOUS BRICK CONSTRUCTION RAMPS WITH GRAB BARS LEADING TO RAISED LEVELS RAMPS WITH GRAB BARS LEADING TO TOILETS FOR HANDICAPPED ENTRANCE PROVISION FOR HANDICAPPED:

USES OF STONE CARVING SIGN BOARD FOR LONGER LIFE.

THE ENTRANCE PLAZA IS INTENDED AS A BUFFER BETWEEN BUSY AUROBINDO ROAD & HAAT LENDING IT A SENSE OF PLACE AS WELL AS AVOIDING THE SPILL OVER OF ACTIVITIES ONTO THE ROAD ONE WALKS PAST THE SANDSTONE COLUMNS OF VARYING HEIGHTS WHICH REPRESENT THE ENTRANCE THE AXIS AROUND WHICH ALL THE ACTIVITIES WERE ORGANIZED WAS DETERMINED BY THE PRESENCE OF THE NALLAH AS WELL AS THE LINEAR SITE IT GAVE RISE TO THE ENTRY FROM SRI AUROOBINDO MARG SIDE HAS BEEN GIVEN A WELL SET BACK TO AVOID NOISE & DUST OF BUSY MAIN ARTERY FROM INSIDE IT IS A COMPLETELY PEDESTRIAN SPACE CONTAINING A LANDSCAPE MALL WITH SHOPS AND HAWKERS PLATFORM FOR SHORT TERM LEASE CAFES WITH OPEN AIR DINING TABLES AND BENCHES AND STORES FOR MERCHANDISE

RAMPS WITH GRAB BARS LEADING TO MEETING ROOM

TYPES OF BRICK PATTERNS AND DESIGNS

FOREIGN TOURISTS ARE ALSO ATTRACTED TO HAAT

PEOPLE RESTING UNDER TREE

PRESENTED BY: MALLIKA GUPTA ,HARI KUMAR YADAV. 4th YEAR SECTION-A