Entrance to delhi haat

Barrier free architecture:

Entrance plaza with ticket counter

In 2003, Dilli Haat was one of the first public places in the
country to be made completely barrier-free. The entire
plaza is accessed by ramps. Parking area been
separately allotted to the handicapped parking.
Wheel chairs are available for free movement of

Decorated craft baazar

Parking:

handicaps in the area.

The parking is divided into three different areas . One of them is

structure and materials

l The basic (theme) intend while designing the building
has been to explode the rural theme and create
ambience of crafts bazaar. The shapes, essentially a
verandah like arcade, have different kinds of built in
shelves to provide a variety of shopping styles: off counter
display, on floor, on parapets, stepped and so on.

For roofing: Slates on

Parking area accommodates 58 cars and 115 two wheelers. It is

timber battens, AC sheets,

not sufficient during peak timings. A parking plaza for drivers is

pre-cast concrete rafters,

proposed at one of these parking lots.

Flooring in red sandstone

and black kaddapa

while the windows are all framed in sandstone.

l The variation in interior design as also carried through in the

Kota stone benches are

design of individual ceramic tile murals for the dado of

each caf.

provided

at

regular

intervals.
10%

5%

Landscaped area

landscape area
soft landscape
hard landscape
built up

Site: Soft landscape in the given constrains in very

well planned, thus reducing the impact of land
landscape.
Planning: The linear and transition circulation
patterns make the movement easy and shopping

created where vegetation can be used. The country-yards have

comfortable. Ramps laid at gradual slopes helps in

the haat in afternoons is difficult.Except for the food court, there

easy transport of goods for shopkeepers.

are very few covered seating areas for the tired shoppers to sit.

Openspace

Built up

been paved in stone and spaced with grass

to retain visual softness.

Hard Landscape

Signages
Built up are designed such that they form a part of entire complex

Soft landscape

and also merge with the landscape.

built up
open space

Positives:

Though the site conditions did not allow plantation, spaces are well
40%

45%

access to the plaza.

sandstone slabs.

l The shutter is made of relatively new bamboo plywood ,

Landscape:

completely dedicated to the disabled parking and have direct

Brick masonary arches

A plaza paved with quartz flag stone and brickwork interspersed

with grass, flowering shrubs , plus a play corner for children, have
conjured up an oasis in which visitors can browse at their leisure.
craft stalls

food stalls

Crafts and culture: The rotation of craftsmen and

their products and celebration of state wise
cultural programs give a different look to the plaza
every week attracting more and more people.
parking

performance area

service block

The walkways around the shops are not covered. Hence, using

Low height parapets made at some places to sit, are of stone,

keeping it hot till late evenings in Delhi summers.
The location of toilets is too direct; hence temporary screening is
now done to avoid the direct view.
admin area

Negatives

Services
The public toilets are built around open
courtyards to keep them clean and odor
free.
Backup generating units are provided.
Drinking water facility

Drainage has been worked out on the basis

of area drains.

Toilet block withl courtyard The area drains are connected to storm

water drains, which ends into the municipal

sewer lines that run along the linear length of
the site.
Water efficiency ensured by 2 bore wells.
Electric sub station behind the main store.
Natural light & ventilation for the kitchens &
exhaust fans also provided.

DELHI
HAAT
cultural plaza

DELHI
SETTLEMENT STUDY - III RD YEAR B. ARCH (I.D.)