DILLI HAAT (JANAKPURI) Dilli Haat is a mulit-cultural, multi-traditional destination, an urban rural baazar, showcasing handicrafts, artifacts, and food stalls from the best of regions of India and abroad, ‘Conceived as an introvert composition of bold and contemporary built forms, Haat is a complete break-away from the convenBird’s eye view of Dilli Haat tional notion of a crafts bazaar, both in form and in function’
INDIA
Delhi, India Year 2014 Plot Area 9.8 acres (40,000sqm) Built-Up Area - 16,000 sqm Client DTTDC (Delhi Tourism and Transport Corporation) Location -
Architect -
Ar. Sourabh Gupta, Archohm.
Delhi’s Climate It is an overlap between monsoon infulenced humid subtropical and semi arid with high variation between summer and winter temperatures. The built forms in the Dilli Haat have been clad in stone that delays heat from reaching the interiors due to its thickness and thermal mass.
A haat bazaar is a tradition-
Exposition hall entrance
al trading venue for local people in villages and small-towns of South Asia. Held on a regular basis, haat bazaars enable craftsmen and artisans to sell their handicraft products directly to their consumers.
Conceptual Idea
Design Philosophy
The Conversation between the past and present, and acknowledgement of the traditional and adaptation of the contemporary.
The main focus was to make it more greener, if a person simply looks at it from the sky it should feel as if the green space has been destroye to make way for the Dilli Haat.
Circulation pattern of Dilli Haat
Private Area
Large overhang of the tensile canopies
Semi-Public Area Public Area
A view of the bamboo basket
Central Plaza
A view of the craft shops
A view to the reception
Filler Slab in reception
Section A-A’
800 + 800 Seating capacity
MZ
100 Shopping outlets
48 Food stalls
146 Shopping Outlets
Offices
Coffee shop & Information center