RASHIKA DHIILON3RD YR – B

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WORLD HABITAT DAYPUBLIC SPACES - DELHI DILLI HAAT , PITAMPURA

DILLI HATT, THE SECOND OF ITS KIND, IS LOCATED IN PITAMPURA LYING IN NORTH DELHI. IT WAS SET UP IN APRIL 2008.DILLI HAAT LOCATED AT PITAMPURRA IN THE NORTH-WEST DELHI, NEARBY TV TOWER, IS THE SECOND PROJECT OF DELHI TRANSPORT AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. THE SUCCESS OF THIS WONDERFUL HAAT LOCATED AT INA MARKET GAVE ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE DITDC FOR OPENING ANOTHER BETTER AND BIGGER DILLI HAAT, AT PITAMPURA.

THE HAAT OF PITAMPURA JUST LIKE PROGENITOR AT MARKET OF INA WILL EXHIBIT TRIBAL MUSIC, CUISINE, CULTURE, CRAFT, ART AND SPIRIT OF STREET CULTURE. THE DOORWAY LEADING TO THE HAAT WILL WORK AS STREET PLAZA. THE VENDORS SELLING FROM BALLOONS PAPER TOYS TO POPCORN WILL ACQUIRE SUFFICIENT SPACE ON THE WALKWAY, THEREBY GIVING A GREAT FEELING OF THE CULTURE OF DELHI’S STREET.

MY VIEW- DIILI HAAT IS ONE BEAUTIFUL VERNACULAR PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE WHICH IS INVITING AND APPEALS TO THE URBAN CLIENTELE THE DESIGN WAS SHAPED BY TWO GOALS. THE FIRST WAS TO CREATE AS SPACE THAT IS HUMANE AND RESPECTS THE NEEDS OF ALL USERS – BOTH VISITORS AND THE CRAFTSPEOPLE WORKING IN THE HAAT. THE SECOND WAS TO ESTABLISH A BENCHMARK IN THE DESIGN OF SIMILAR PUBLIC SPACES IN THE CITY.

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 BY AN ONSITE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT.. THE BUILDING VOCABULARY HAS BEEN KEPT UNDERSTATED AND THE SCALE INTIMATE TO ENSURE THAT THE BUILDINGS DO NOT OVERWHELM THE CRAFTS BEING SOLD.