Visual Diary

Theeee most difficult task is here!! Making a VISUAL DIARY !
Imagine making a visual diary on hauz khaz village ! Yes it sounds amazing and so it was. Sketching the ambience, people around us was way too fun! Quick scribbles on our visual diary helped us to notice the environment or the particular object minutely and more precisely.

I started my visual diary with the visual brainstorming of hauz khaz village. Then I included every element that we see in hkv. Starting from Deer Park, The Ruins, Slum Area, the Market Area to Street Vendors and last of all the Vehicles. 

So here's some visuals from my logbook! Hope you like it :)

Product Merchandise Board

In product merchandise board we are supposed to show what all products do we find in Hauz Khas village. First thng that came to our mind was yumyyyy fooood <3 

So we thought of sketching the products such as - food, garments, jewelry, accessories, bags, antiques, home decor, etc. 

Product Board

Our product board is still in process as few sketches are left. Though you can see a pair of shoes and a french fries bucket i.e. things we find in hkv.

Social Culture Board

Social Culture Bord

After visual board we started with the SOCIAL CULTURE BOARD in which we have to show what type of people do we find in Hauz Khas. So while brainstorming we found that we see various kinds of people, like- rich brats coming for shopping and partying, teenagers, hawkers, photographers, artists, slum residents, workers, etc.

After listing all of them we decided to depict them in three different levels. i.e. HIGHER CLASS, MIDDLE CLASS and the LOWER CLASS!

In first level i.e. the higher class people we put pictures and sketches of  the high class rich people, shop and cafe owners, designers and tourists.

In second level i.e. the middle class people we put pictures and sketches of school and college students, workers, guards and residents.

In third level i.e. lower class people we have put pictures of vendors, garbage pickers and slum residents.

We have put the higher class on the upper level and the lower class on the base, as they are somehow neglected socially. 

Visual Culture Board

Visual Culture Board

Visual culture means the ambience of the area, the things we see like- architecture, shops, streets, signs, vehicles, surroundings, etc. SO when we look at HKV we see lots of wires, the fort, colorful streets, boutiques, cafes, lake, deer park, lots of traffic and the village area.

We started with a blank mind. Grinding our mind into how to represent visual board. After few brainstorming and discussions with my group members we end up deciding to show it through symbols. We see dustbins on sides, cafes serving food and liquor, traffic, street vendors, shops, slum, etc. So we drew the symbol for all those and for base we showed the uneven streets. Then we fixed them on a thermocol sheet and made them stand with toothpick. 

HKV As A Whole

When one is in Hauz Khaz village, it sees diversification. Hauz Khaz being an urban village attracts may customers and tourists towards it. When we enter Hauz Khaz village we see jam packed traffic. We see autos and we see porche cars too. We see variety of elements in hauz khas market. 

Traffic on saturday night

Okay! So now the market area. HKV is full of creativeness. We see creative hoardings, the logo of every cafe is amusing and way too creative. Even though the interiors of cafe is breath taking and the music the play can make a person chilled out. Every cafe is made with a theme. For instance, cafe Lights Camera Action is bollywood theme based. Its menu to walls to t-shirts of the waiter, everything has a essence of bollywood.

Cafe Lights Camera Action

A board outside a cafe

Now moving to next element we see in hkv. After cafes people are attracted to the FASHION BOUTIQUES. Hauz Khaz consists of various indian designers showroom selling accessories, garments, bags and antiques too. A we know HKV is known as a 'FASHION HUB'! 

Ogaan - A designer store

We even see graffiti's on the wall. BIG HUGE COOOOOOL GRAFFITI'S <3 

One at the backside of a lane

Behind the shining street and glamorous world resides a village. Not the colorful street but 'tooti' streets. Houses made of muds, wood logs and tin sheets. The ambience was totally different than the market area. People busy in errands not caring about what's happening in market. They live in their own world. While interviewing few, we came to know that the residents do face some problems. Like the sanitation problem, lack of water, hygiene and high rents. But the best part children their go to schools. They are well educated and they can speak english too. Here are few glimpse of the SLUM AREA! 

Houses in slum area

A villager

Deer Park

A quick sketch from my logbook

Deer Park is located in South Delhi also known as A.N. Jha Deer Park, named after famous Social worker Aditya Nath Jha. This place is popular for walking, jogging and weekend outings. The Deer Park comprises many subsection such as Duck Park, Picnic Spots Rabbit Enclosures etc. The Park has historical tombs of Mughal Era. The park is accessible from Safdarjung Enclave and Green Park and Hauz Khas Village. 

A lane of deer park

It is called Deer Park because it actually houses a large number of deer inside the park. There is a large enclosure in the park for deer to roam around, play with each other, have an occasional friendly fight and provide a learning and entertaining experience to the visitors especially the children. Entry to the Deer Park and the surrounding green park is free and it is open everyday from 5:00 AM to 8:00 PM during summer till October and 5:30 AM to 7:00 PM during winter.

 Besides the above the Park has a beautiful restaurant "THE PROJECT" the right place to enjoy a day trip. With 20,000 sq feet of lush green space, this bar – which opened over the weekend – at The Park Balluchi is situated inside the Hauz Khas deer park and is truly a sight to behold.

The Project

When you enter this huge space, the first thing you’ll notice are metallic deer cut-outs and a massive bar area. The interesting part is that you can spot actual deers, peacocks and more at the park next door while the staff serves you your drink! The thematic use of glass for the exterior as well as the interior adds further charm to this newbie. The sombre grey hues are offset by bright metallic bar stools and wooden tables and chairs inside, while the deck and the outside area sports 2 long bars. The one outside will be functional soon and there’s also a pizzeria right next to it, from where chefs will churn out crispy thin pizzas.

How Hauz Khas Evolved

In the old times Hauz Khas was just known for its scenic beauty. Tourists, travellers, loacalites came hauz khas for refreshing air and to get a beautiful scene of lake. It was part of Siri, the second of New Delhi’s seven cities created by the Alauddin Khilji in the thirteenth century. It was home to a reservoir, a madrassa — an Islamic centre of learning — a mosque and the tomb of Firoz Shah Tughlaq.

 

Bina Ramani

First step towards the evolution or change of hauz khas village was taken by Bina Ramani. She is a designer who in the 90s opened her fahion boutique in the tiny lanes of haus khas village. Slowly and gradually many designers set up their fashion houses and stores in hkv which now has lead to hauz khas village known as a " Fashion Hub".

Night View Of HKV

Then the Village transformed itself again. In the last few years  Hauz Khas Village has become a noisy, crowded, much less distinctive enclave that is on the bucket list of Delhiites and tourists alike. In short, to draw another parallel with New York, if Delhi had bridges and tunnels, this would mark the arrival of the bridge-and-tunnel crowd.