Palika Bazaar- Site Analysis and Study

Location of Palika
 History and Construction

Initially, connaught place was Palika bazaar cam e i n t o

a commercial hub with picture only in the late 70s as
connectivity all around. a tourist attraction and the
Designed in georgin style first underground air
architecture modeled from the conditioned park as a vision
crescent in Bath. Earlier used of sanjay gandhi.
to be hunting grounds for pigs
and jackals among the kikar
trees.
Morphology
 Land Use

Land Use Pre Independence Land Use Now

The 3 Main Nodes

Palika Bazaar
The connaught place is one of the three
main nodes of Delhi with high
Sansad Marg interconnectivity. There are 3 main Axes
between these three nodes and The
Sansad Marg is one of them connecting
Parliament house and Connaught place.
Parliament House
Palika bazaar falls on this axis and hence
to avoid visual barrier for the axis, it is
built underground.

Rashtrapathi Bhavan
Landmarks

Connaught place is filled with public spaces and

commercial buildings. The central park becomes a
vantage point to attract public which has led to infill
of commercial spaces. The place is filled with
restaurants, pubs, cinemas, shopping complexes, etc.
 Parking Pedestrian Vehicular

Connaught place has an inner circle, intermediate circle and

an outer circle, the inner circle and outer circle have vehicular
movement clockwise and the intermediate circle has anti
clockwise. There are radial road connections into the circle.
Intially all 7 roads were 2 way but now they're one ways
with 3 roads going outwards and 4 roads going inwards
Metro Connectivity
 Rajiv Chowk Metro Station

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Palika
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Palika on the ground
The area above is divided into 3 levels. The terrace portion is a
complete green land at a raised level with skylights from below.
There is a plaza level as well with hardscape.
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Palika Underneath
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