Category: Conservation

Urban design, conservation, adaptive reuse, heritage, urban intervention
Urban Design Thesis

In the Name of Heritage: Conservation as an Agent of Differential Development, Spatial Cleansing, and Social Exclusion | Mehrauli, Delhi

I intend to study the impacts of the architectural conservation of the Qutub Minar Complex on the urban village of Mehrauli, New Delhi, because the manner in which national- and international-level preservation and planning frameworks operate reveals underlying sociopolitical conflicts and instruments of spatial cleansing. The thesis seeks to develop

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Conservation

Urban Design Strategy & Conservation Plan for Bandra Station, Mumbai

The Bandra Station is Grade I listed living functional suburban station in Mumbai. As principal architects, the task involved preparation of  a comprehensive conservation plan and urban design strategy  for the station and its immediate precinct. The key objectives of the project are to develop Bandra Station as an efficient transportation hub

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Architecture, conservation, adaptive reuse, heritage, urban conservation
Conservation

Dutch Heritage In Chinsurah | ATA

Funded by the Embassy of Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Delhi, this project is an initiative of Aishwarya Tipnis Architects (ATA) in collaboration with Presidency University Kolkata. The aim of this multi-disciplinary project is to identify and document this shared cultural heritage and develop a digital database for the shared

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Architecture, conservation, adaptive reuse, heritage, Istanbul
Conservation

Inside Kanaal: Axel Vervoordt’s new ‘city’ outside Antwerp

A cluster of partially empty but highly valuable industrial structures on the Albert Canal near Antwerp is transformed into a mixed-use project. Along with a program of workshops, offices, underground car park and showrooms for Axel Vervoordt, the majority of the site is reallocated to housing.  BOGDAN & VAN BROECK

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Architecture, vernacular, climate, architectural heritage, Istanbul
Conservation

Adaptive Reuse: Istanbul Salt Repository

Erginoğlu & Çalışlar Architects study the cohesive elemets in the global language of architecture. In this adaptive reuse project the firm used their design to find the cohesive elements of time. The coding of the different elements creates a heigherarchy in the building by categorizing the different design ideaologies. The load bearing masonry

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Architecture, vernacular, climate, architectural heritage, Istanbul
Conservation

KORU Project, Turkey

The KORU Project is working in Turkey to protect the rich heritage in the southern cities of Mardin and Antakya. The project is run in partnership with Kültürel Mirasın Korunmasında Kapasite Geliştirilmesi (Association for the Protection of Cultural Heritage), who are based in Istanbul, and is funded by the British Council’s

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Architecture, vernacular, climate, architectural heritage, Istanbul
Conservation

Restoration of German Ambassador’s Summer Residence

The adaptive reuse of the historic summer residence of the German Ambassador called for the meticulous rehabilitation one of the Bosporus’ most significant architectural monuments. The restoration of the German Ambassador’s Summer Residence was preceeded by thorough surveys and historical investigation into the traditional methods with which the building was

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Architecture, urban conservation, Restoration, landscape, heritage
Conservation

Portocarrero Palace Restauration | Palma Del Río, Spain

 It is a 16th century Palace in which different architectural stages and building overlaps are distinguished to the present day. The building is catalogued according to the PGOU of the locality with in the Catalog of Protected buildings, elements and urban groups of interest. == Previous Next The Palacio Portocarrero,

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Architecture, urban conservation, Restoration, landscape, heritage
Conservation

Adaptation of The Roman Ruins of Can Taco | Toni Girones

The archaeological site of Can Tacó in Turó d’en Roina, in the natural setting of Turons de les Tres Creus. In a highly fragmented metropolitan area, arises the need to project some places previous an area with a great natural and archaeological interests. Built by successive terracing and partly with

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Architecture, urban conservation, chandni chowk, street redevelopment, pedestrianization
Conservation

Urban Conservation Plan for Chandni Chowk Streetscape

hahjahanabad, the walled city area of Delhi, gives a distinct image of itself which varies across generations. For an average Delhite, this distinct image comprises mosques, temples, bazaars, havelis, katras, maze of narrow by-lanes. Evolving over centuries, the area tells many stories. In today’s times, the story being narrated is

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