URBAN HAAT @

KANYAKUMARI
 INTRODUCTION
Tamil Nadu has a distinctive tradition in fine arts and exquisite crafts

To develop the arts and crafts and to conserve them it is important that the
artisans themselves are involved in marketing of their products, thus they
get good market linkages and are exposed to the needs of different
customers.
INTRODUCTION
 ‘Haat’ means a market, especially one held on a regular basis in a rural area.

 The idea of urban haat is to provide a platform for the artisans to sell their
products,

 it also provides the ambience of a traditional Rural Haat or village market,

but one suited for more contemporary needs.
AIM:

To create a platform for the artisans to sell their products and to provide

an experience of the rural markets to the visitors

OBJECTIVE:
•To provide opportunities for the
artisans themselves to market their
products, meet their fellow artisans
and understand the contemporary
needs and thus ensuring conservation
of arts and crafts.

•To create an environment of rural

markets which the artisans would feel
comfortable and the visitors get a
new experience

•To improve the productivity and the

quality of handicrafts produced ad
enhance the innovation in design
SCOPE:
The urban haat provides an opportunity for the artisans to develop their skills and
also ensures economic benefits for them; helps conserve the arts and skills and
market them.

PROPOSAL:
By Tamil nadu handicrafts Development Corporation, funded by both the state
and central government
SITE:

•Located @ Kanyakumari, near the light house – under public works department
and allocated for the haat by the state

•Site extent -12.35 acres

•Situated among the major tourist hub in the city surrounded by hotels and
lies opposite to the light house
PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS:

•Office
•Store
•Exhibition halls
•Permanent shops- poomphuar showroom
•Art gallery
•Temporary stalls
•Conference room
•Food court
•Restaurant and cafe
•Dormitories
•Auditorium
•Open air theatre

POSSIBLE STUDY:
Dilli haat
Shilparamam, Hyderabad
Special study: study on rural markets and their character