Dilli Haat is a traditional market project in New Delhi, enhancing the blend of crafts, food, and culture across two locations, with the first completed in 1993 and the second in 2008. Utilizing reclaimed land, each site hosts a variety of shops that rotate every 15 days, along with diverse food stalls from different states, all embedded in a pedestrian-friendly environment. The design incorporates sustainable practices such as natural ventilation and recycled water irrigation for landscaped areas, aiming to present a humane public space that respects visitors and craftsmen alike.

1. FOOD STALLS
OPEN AIR THEATER
PLAY
AREA
ENTRY
ENTRY
SHOPS
PARKING
PLAN
SAFDARJUNG
HOSPITAL
ALL INDIA
INSTITUTE
OF MEDICAL
SCIENCE
INA MARKET
RESIDENTIAL
UNITS
FOOD STALLS
SHOPS
SHOPS
SHOPS
SHOPS SHOPS
ADMIN
PARKING
RESIDENTIAL
UNITS
PRESENTED BY,
4TH YR. ‘A’
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%
• 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
VAISHNAVI RAJ
DILL HAAT (INA)

2. SITE CONDITIONS:
THE OVERALLAREAAVAILABLE 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
CONSTRUCTANY STRUCTURE OVER ITAS 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 FOUNDATIONAS MUCH
AS 8M DEEP.
• 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.
• SERVICE ENTRANCE
HAS BEEN PROVIDED AT
VARIOUS POINTS ON
THE PERIPHERY
VAISHNAVI RAJ
PRESENTED BY,
4TH YR. ‘A’
DILL HAAT (INA)

3. PLAN
18-24 SQM
CRAFTS SHOP( PERMANENT & TEMPORARY STRUCTURE):
• 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
DISPLAYAND 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.
SHOPS WITH DIFFERENT DISPLAYS: HIGH &
LOW COUNTERS
BRICK JAALI PATTERN ON WALLS
BUILT SHELVES FOR DISPLAY
ARCHED OPENING TO THE SHOPS
VAISHNAVI RAJ
PRESENTED BY,
4TH YR. ‘A’
DILL HAAT (INA)
TEMPORARY STRUCTURES
PERMANENT STRUCTURE WITH SHADED CORRIDORS

4. VAISHNAVI RAJ
DILL HAAT (INA)
FOOD PLAZAS
• FOOD PLAZA IS PROVIDED AT THE BACK, DUE TO THE
REQUIREMENT OF HYGIENE & DUST PROOFING IS FURNISHED IN
KOTASTONE 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 STALLSAS SMALLAS 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 .
PANTRY
KITCHEN
FUEL
STOR
E
FOOD PLAZA TYPE 2
FOOD PLAZA TYPE 1
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
AREACREATEA COMPLETE VILLAGE PERFORMANCE AREA
FRONT ELEVATION
PRESENTED BY,
4TH YR. ‘A’
STAGE
GREEN ROOM
FOOD STALLS OF DIFFERRENT STATES
FOOD STALLS WITH SPILL OVER

5. FOOD STALLS
OPEN AIR
THEATER
SHOPS
FOOD STALLS
RESTA
URANT
DORMITORY
TOILETS
ART
GALLERY
TICKET
COUNTER
ART
GALLERY
S
H
O
P
S
S
H
O
P
S
CONFE
RENCE
DILLI HAAT
METRO
DILLI HAAT AT PITAMPURA
SITE AREA: 2.9 HECTARES (7 ACRES)
BUILT-UPAREA: 29,000 SQ.M
COMPLETED: APRIL 2008
THE FIRST DILLI HAAT (ALSO DESIGNED BY THIS OFFICE) OPENED IN THE SOUTH-CENTRAL PART OF DELHI IN
1994. HUGELY SUCCESSFUL -- IT ATTRACTS OVER A MILLION VISITORSAYEAR – IT WAS THE FIRST EXERCISE IN
PLACE MAKING IN THE CITY OF DELHI, NEARLY 80 YEARS AFTER EDWIN LUTYENS PLANNED NEW DELHI IN THE
EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY.
THE FEATURED PROJECT – THE DILLI HAATAT PITAMPURAIN NORTHWEST DELHI -- IS THE SECOND SUCH CRAFTS
MARKET. IT WAS COMMISSIONED AFTER THE SUCCESS OF THE FIRST AND OPENED IN APRIL 2008. ITS BUILDING
PROGRAMME WAS ALSO DEVELOPED BY THE DESIGN STUDIO. THIS INCLUDED INTEGRATING DIVERSE ISSUES
LIKE RECREATIONAL, EDUCATIONALAND CULTURALUSES OF THE SPACE WITHIN ITS HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
THE PROJECT IS LOCATED ON A CORNER SITE IN THE VICINITY OF THE SUBHASH PLACE BUSINESS DISTRICT
AND THE METRO STATION. THE MAIN HAAT IS SET BACK FROM THE STREET AND IS ACCESSED BY A PUBLIC
PLAZATHAT LINKS TO THE METRO STATIONAND THE BUSINESS DISTRICT
. THE PLAZAHAS BEEN DESIGNEDAS A
RECREATIONAL SPACE AND INCLUDES A PLAYAREA FOR CHILDREN INTEGRATED WITH THE ADJOINING STREET.
PITAMPURA TV TOWER
VAISHNAVI RAJ
DILL HAAT (PITAMPURA)
PRESENTED BY,
4TH YR. ‘A’

6. CONCEPT:
THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT
WAS SHAPED BY TWO GOALS.
• THE FIRST WAS TO CREATEAS
SPACE TRTHET IS HUMANE
AND RESPECTS THE NEEDS
OF ALL USERS- BOTH
VISITORS AND THE
CRAFTPEOPLE WORKING IN
THE HAAT.
• THE SECOND WAS TO
ESTABLISHA BENCHMARK IN
THE DESIGN OF SIMILAR
PUBLIC SPACE IN THE CITY.
SITE CONDITION:
THE OVERALLAREAAVAILABLE
WASAPPROXIMATELY 2.9
HECTARES. THE SITE ITSELF
POSED THE GIGANTIC TV TOWER
JUST BEHIND IT
, ATTACHED TO
THE REAR PORTION OF THE SITE.
IT WAS NOT ALLOWED TO
CONSTRUCTANY HIGH
STRUCTURE DUE TO RAYS OF TV
TOWER.
THE DELHI METRO ON THE FRONT
SIDE PASSING ABOVE THE HAAT. IT
WAS NOT ALLOWED TO CONSTRUCT
ANY HIGH STRUCTURE DUE TO THE
METRO BRIDGE. THE AREA BELOW
THE METRO BRIDGE WAS INITIALLY
THE AREA AS GREEN AREA AND
SITTING. TWO COLUMN OF METRO
ARE INCLUDED IN THE SITE.
THE EXISTING SITE UNDER THE
METRO BRIDGE WAS ALSO INCLUDED
TO UTILIZE THE AREA AND MAINTAIN
GREEN. APPROVAL FROM METRO
WAS TAKEN FOR THIS.
THE PROJECT HAS NEARLY 100 CRAFTS STALLS, FOOD
COURTS, A SPICE MARKET, AN ART GALLERY, AN
AMPHITHEATRE, A RESTAURANT AND CONFERENCE
FACILITY. THE BUILDINGS ARE SINGLE-STORIED AND BUILT
AROUND LANDSCAPED COURTS AND PLAZAS. THE
FRONT PART OF THE HAAT HAS BEEN ELEVATED TO
PROVIDE A PARKING SPACE FOR AROUND 350 VEHICLES.
A ROAD ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE PROVIDES
ACCESS TO SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
INCLUDESA DORMITORY FOR VISITING CRAFTSPEOPLE.
SITE ANAL
YSIS:
• USE OF DIFFERENT SHAPES OF BLOCK TO SHOW DIVERSITY
• AN CENTRALAXIS OF SYMMETRY IS CREATED STARING FROM THE TV TOWER TO THE ENTRANCE,ALONG WHICH MIRROR IMAGES OF THE BLOCKSARE
PLACED.
THE BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTED IN EXPOSED BRICK AND STONE, WITH SHADY
VERANDAHS HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY THE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE OF THE
REGION. THE UPPER LEVEL PLAZA BUILDINGS HAVE VAULTED GREEN ROOFS – A
DESIGN FEATURE USED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A PUBLIC SPACE IN THE CITY. THE
GREEN ROOFS AND PLAZAS ARE IRRIGATED WITH RECYCLED WATER PRODUCED
BYAN ONSITE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT.
THE PROJECT IS A BARRIER-FREE ENVIRONMENTAND IS BUILT ON PRINCIPLES OF
UNIVERSALDESIGN.
VAISHNAVI RAJ
PRESENTED BY,
4TH YR. ‘A’
DILL HAAT (PITAMPURA)

7. VAISHNAVI RAJ
PRESENTED BY,
4TH YR. ‘A’
DILL HAAT (PITAMPURA)
A/C HALLS AND ART GALLERY
CRAFT SHOPS
TICKET COUNTER O.A.T
FOOD STALLS S.T.P
TEMPORARY CRAFT SHOPS TOILETS
INTERNATIONAL CUSINES DORMITORY

8. PRESENTED BY,
VAISHNAVI RAJ
DILL HAAT (PITAMPURA) 4TH YR. ‘A’

9. CIRCULATION IS LINEARAND FLOW IS EASY. EVERYACTIVITY IS
WELLCONNECTEDAND VISUALLYAND PHYSICALLY
APPROACHABLE.
THE O.A.T IS PLACED AT THE REAR END OF THE SITE WHICH IS
NOT VISUALLY CONNECTED BUT PHYSICALLY APPROACHABLE
BY THE PATHWAY.
4TH YR. ‘A’
CIRCULATION IN THE 1ST HALF OF THE SITE IS GOOD. BUT AS AN
SHOPPING MARKET A LINEAR LANE AND SHOPS ON BOTH SIDES
LIKE DILLI HHAT INA WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER OPTION.
THE 2ND HALF OF THE CONSISTING THE O.A.TAND THE FOOD
STALLS IS NIETHRE VISUALLY NOR PHYSICALLY PROPERLY
CONNECTED.
DILLI HAAT AT INA
SITE AREA: 6 ACRES, APPROX. 100M x
300M
ARCHITECT: PRADEEP SACHDEVA,
DESIGN ASSOCIATES, NEW DELHI
BUILT UP AREA: 3190 SQM
GROUND COVERAGE: 12%
DATE OF COMPLETION: DECEMBER
I993
DILLI HAAT AT PITAMPURA
SITE AREA: 2.9 HECTARES (7 ACRES)
BUILT-UP AREA: 29,000 SQ.M
ARCHITECT: PRADEEP SACHDEVA,
DESIGN ASSOCIATES, NEW DELHI
COMPLETED: APRIL 2008
PRESENTED BY,
VAISHNAVI RAJ
DILL HAAT (INA, PITAMPURA)

10. THE SELECTION OF MATERIAL, CONSTRUCTIONAND LAYOUT WAS MADE TO
MAXIMIZE THERMAL EFFICIENCY AND MINIMIZE ENERGY CONSUMPTION. NEARLY
ALL AREAS ARE ILLUMINATED BY NATURAL DAYLIGHT AND ARE NATURALLY
VENTILATED. THE BRICK AND STONE USED IN THE PROJECT HAVE BEEN SOURCED
FROM THE SURROUNDING REGION. MATERIALS WERE SELECTED FOR THEIR
DURABILITY AND ENDURING QUALITIES. THE BUILDING VOCABULARY HAS BEEN
KEPT UNDERSTATEDAND THE SCALE INTIMATE TO ENSURE THAT THE BUILDINGS
DO NOT OVERWHELM THE CRAFTS BEING SOLD.