D I S S E R TAT I O N O F T H E S I S -A R C H I T E C T U R A L C O N S E R VAT I O N

A N D R E V I TA L I Z AT I O N O F H i s t o r i c

B U I L D I N G S

TANYA PANDEYB.ARCH, IX SEM

3171611009DIGNITY COLLEGE

OF ARCHITECTURE, DURG

ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION AND REVITALIZATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS :-

1. HERITAGE2. WHAT IS CONSERVATION?3.WHAT IS REVITALIZATION?4.METODS OF BUILDING CONSERVATION

HERITAGELITERALLY IS DEFINED AS WHICH IS INHERITED OR TRANSMITTED BY OUR ANCESTORS OR BY PAST AGES.AS PER HERITAGE REGULATION IT IS DEFINED AS – BUILDINGS/ ARTIFACTS/ STRUCTURES/ AREAS AND PRECINCTS OF HISTORIC AND OR AESTHETIC AND/ OR ARCHITECTURAL AND/ OR CULTURAL VALUE.HERITAGE REGULATIONS INCLUDE NOT ONLYSTRUCTURES AND BUILDINGS BUT ALSO OPEN SPACES SUCH AS AZAD, CROSS, OR OVAL MAIDANS.

NOT ONLY ABOUT BUILT HERITAGE BUT INCLUDES CERTAIN DISTINCTIVE OPEN AREAS, NEIGHBOURHOOD AND ENVIRONMENTS WHICH ARE OF HISTORICAL, AESTHETIC, CULTURAL OR SOCILOGICAL INTEREST AND VALUES WHICH WE LIKE TO PRESERVE FOR THE POSTERITY AS THEY ENRICH OUR HISTORY AND TRADITION.

CONSERVATION

IS ALL THE PROCESSES OF LOOKING AFTER A PLACE SO AS TO RETAIN ITS CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE. IT INCLUDES MAINTENANCE AND ACCORDING TO CIRCUMSTANCES MAY INCLUDE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, RECONSTRUCTION AND ADAPTION AND WILL BE COMMONLY A COMBINATION OF MORE THAN ONE OF THESE.

CONSERVATION – THE NEED

THE MAJORITY OF INDIA’S ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE AND SITED ARE UNPROTECTED. THEY CONSTITUTE A UNIQUE CIVILIZATION LEGACY.

THE UNPROTECTED HERITAGE EMBODIES VALUES OF ENDURING RELEVANCE TO CONTEMPORARY INDIAN SOCIETY.CONSERVING THE ‘LIVING’ HERITAGE. THEREFORE, OFFERS THE POTENTIAL WAYS OF CONSERVING A BUILDING.

CONSERVING THE UNPROTECTED ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE AND SITES ENSURES THE SURVIVAL OF THE COUNTRY’S SENCE OF PLACE AND ITS VERY CHARACTER IN A GLOBALIZING ENVIRONMENT.

THE ‘LIVING’ HERITAGE ALSO HAS SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE NATURALENVIRONMENT WITHIN WHICHIT ORIGINALLY EVOLVED.

THE NEED :-

1. AWARENESS IN COMMON CITIZEN.

2. OBSOLETE RENT CONTROL AND CESSED PROPERTIES ACT.

3. EXTERNAL FUNDING.

4. KNOWLEDGE RESOURCE.

5. THREAT OF AESTHETIC DOMINATION.

CONSERVATION - OBJECTIVE

THE OBJECTIVE OF CONSERVATION IS TO MAINTAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OR SITE.

SIGNIFICANCE IS CONSTITUTED IN BOTH THE TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE FORMS.

THE TANGIBLE HERITAGE INCLUDES HISTORIC BUILDINGS OF ALL PERIODS, THEIR SETTING IN THE HISTORIC PRECINCTS OF ENVIRONMENT.

CONSERVATION OF ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE AND SITE MUST RETAIN MEANING FOR THE SOCIETY IN WHICH IT EXISTS.

WHERE THE EVIDENCE OF THE TANGIBLE OR INTANGIBLE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE EXISTS IN FRAGMENTS IT IS NECESSARY TO CONSERVE IT, EVEN IN PART, AS REPRESENTATIVE OF A HISTORIC PAST.

THE OVERARCHING OBJECTIVE FOR UNDERSTANDING UNPROTECTED ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE AND SITES IS TO ESTABLISH THE EFFICACY OF CONSERVATION AS A DEVELOPMENT GOAL.

REVITALIZATION

TO CONSERVE EXISTING (SOMETIMES HISTORIC) BUILDINGS OR DISTRICTS WHILE PUTTING THEM INTO GOOD USE.

HOW DOES REVITALIZATION BENEFIT THE SOCIETY?

METHODS OF BUILDING CONSERVATION

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PRESERVATION

MAINTENANCE

RESTORATION

ADAPTATIONRECONSTRUCTION

Methods of building conservation

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EXAMPLE: HONG KONG OBSERVATORY BUILDINGYEAR OF COMPLETION: 1883

TO MAINTAIN THE FABRIC OF A PLACE IN ITS EXISTING STATE AND RETARDING DETERIORATION.

PRESERVATION -

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MAINTENANCE -

EXAMPLE:MAIN BUILDING, THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONGYEAR OF COMPLETION: 1912

CONTINUOUS PROTECTIVE CARE OF FABRIC AND SETTING OF A PLACE, AND TO BE DISTINGUISHED FROM REPAIR, REPAIR INVOLVES RESTORATION OR RECONSTRUCTION

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EXAMPLE:KOM TONG HALL (DR. SUN YAT-SEN MUSEUM)FORMER RESIDENCE OF HO KOM TONG AND LATER THE HEADQUARTERS OF CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTSYEAR OF COMPLETION: 1894 

RESTORATION-RETURNING TO A KNOWN EARLIER STATE WITHOUT THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW MATERIALS

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EXAMPLE:MURRAY HOUSEFORMER OFFICE QUARTERS OF MURRAY BARRACKS IN CENTRALYEAR OF COMPLETION: 1846 

RECONSTRUCTION-• RETURNING TO A KNOWN

EARLIER STATE• INTRODUCTION OF NEW

MATERIALS

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• CHANGE IN FUNCTION• INTRODUCTION OF

NEW MATERIALS

EXAMPLE:YAU MA TEI THEATRE IN 1990 AND 2011

ADAPTATION-

AIM OF THE TOPIC :-

TO STUDY THE DEVELOPENT STRATEGY FOR CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF THE HISTORIC FORT OF MADHAVGARH, SATNA, (M.P.)

A BRIEF HISTORY – FORT, MADHAVGARH

THE FORT OF MADHAVGARH WAS BUILT BY MAHARAJA VISHVANATH SINGH JUDEO OF BAGHEL DYNASTY IN THE 18TH CENTURY A.D. IT IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF BAGHELI STYLE. A STATE PROTECTED MONUMENT, THE FORT IS SAID TO BE THE LIFELINE OF THE LOCALITY. WHEN THE RIVER IS IN SPATE, THE FORT PREVENTS ITS WATER FROM FLOWING INTO THE LOCALITY. OVERALL, A BEAUTIFUL FORT WITH PALACES AROUND TWO COURTYARDS, THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE IS TYPICAL OF 18TH CENTURY PALACES OF THE REGION. WHAT IS DISTINCTIVE IS THE ARRAY OF PAINTING IN THE WALLS AND CEILINGS OF MANY OF THE PALACES. NEARBY IS ALSO A CHHATRI COMPLEX WITH CHHATRIS OF RULERS AND TEMPLES.

PROVINCE DIVISION OF THE REGIONS IN MADHYA PRADESH

PICTURE GALLERY

HISTORY OF BAGHEL DYNASTY• ORIGIN OF THE NAME BAGHEL

• THIS IS NOT VERY CLEAR BUT THERE ARE FEW THEORIES THAT HOW THE NAME BAGHEL CAME AND THOSE ARE:

• THE KING OF ANHIL BADA, GUJRAT KING KUMARPAL VIII HAD GIVEN A VILLAGE TO HIS SAME CAST THAKURS IN A VILLAGE CALLED VYAGHRAPALLI AND IT WAS ALSO CALLED AS BAGHEL. WHEN THE THAKUR OF BAGHEL HAD HIS SON HE GAVE HIM THE NAME AS BAGHEL AND IN THIS WAY THE BAGHEL CAME IN EXISTENCE.

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• AS THE FIRST KING OF BAGHEL DYNASTY IN CENTRAL INDIA (BANDHAVGARH) WAS MAHARAJA VYAGHRADEV SO THE NAME OF BAGHEL CAME AFTER HIS NAME.

• THE FIRST MAN OF THE BAGHEL DYNASTY (MAHARAJA VYAGHRADEV) WAS SAVED BECAUSE OF THE BLESSINGS OF MAA DURGA AND SHE WAS ALSO CALLED THE VYAGHRADEVI AND SO THE NAME OF HER BAGH WAS ATTACHED WITH THE NAME OF THE FIRST MAHARAJA AND HE WAS CALLED MAHARAJA VYAGHRADEV SINGH JU DEO BAGHEL AND IN THIS WAY THIS DYNASTY WAS CALLED THE BAGHEL DYNASTY

OBJECTIVE OF THE TOPIC :-

TO UNDERSTAND AND ESTABLISH THE IMPORTANCE OF BAGHELKHAND LEGACY AND RIVER TAMAS IN DEFINING THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMICAL VALUE OF THE SITE.

TO POTRAY THE HERITAGE OF MADHAVGARH FORT NEAR SATNA.

3. TO LOCATE AND DEFINE THE HERITAGE CHARACTERS OF THE PLACE THROUGH THE STUDY OF IT’S BUILT FABRIC, ACTIVITY SPACES AND CIRCULATION IN RELATION TO THE FORT’S PREMISES AND THE OTHER SETTLEMENTS.

4. TO DEFINE A HERITAGE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR UPGRADATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE HISTORIC FORT’S VICINITY.

SCOPE OF THE TOPIC :-

TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF URBANIZATION OVER A PERIOD OF TIME AND RETENTION TO POSSIBLE ASPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT.

UNDERSTANDING THE FUNCTIONS AND ISSUES OF THE PLACE FROM ITS ORIGIN IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT

TO CREATE A DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK FOR CONSERVATION PRACTISES WITH RESPECT TO THE GROWTH OF THE CITY WITHOUT DESTROYING THE PAST.

LIMITATIONS OF THE TOPIC :- LACK OF DATA AND INFORMATION ABOUT

MADHAVGARH FORT REGARDING MAPS AND ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTATION WORKS.

LIMITING THE CONSERVATION PRACTISES AND PROJECTS REGARDING THE TOOLS AND THE METHODS USED FOR MEASUREMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTATIONAL WORKS.

WHEREVER DETAILED DATA ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTIC, REASONABLE ASSUMPTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE BASED ON OBSERVATION AND INTERVIEWS WITH LOCAL PEOPLE.

REGARDING THE SIZE OF THE SITE THERE WILL BE SOME RESTRICTED SCOPE OF WORK DONE IN THE PREMISES OF THE FORT.

STRUCTURALLY ANALYTICAL PART MUST NOT BE HAVING A SINGNIFICANT ROLE IN DEFINING THE CONSERVATION PROJECT.

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