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Réf.
42794
Type
conference item
Titre
Repurposing Unbuilt Heritage for the Community: Guidelines for Creating Equitable Public Spaces to Engage Diverse Populations in India
Langues
English
Auteurs
Madan, Nidhi
Lieu de publication
Charenton-le-Pont
Pays de publication
France
Maison d'édition
ICOMOS
Date
2018
Titre de conférence
ICOMOS 19th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium "Heritage and Democracy"
Lieu de conférence
New Delhi, India
Date de conférence
13-14th December 2017
Mots-clés
historic towns / threats / community participation / values / cultural significance / urban growth / sustainable development / urban development / town planning / economic aspects / social aspects / prevention of deterioration / public awareness / public space
Pays mentionnés
India
Résumé en anglais
With growth of Indian towns and cities set to escalate through economic stimulus,educational and employment opportunities and aspirations, migration and development are rapidly
changing small towns. As a result, historic precincts, fortified cities and pilgrimage towns are rapidlylosing their historic character and sense of place. Particularly in cultural centres of historic towns, such
as Bhubaneshwar, Bhopal or Lucknow, conservation for authenticity is a much lower priority thancritical socio-economic development pressures.
However, in this day and age, creating safe, accessible, approachable and equitable precincts canbuild on existing cultural precincts, create engagement with the local community and find new
stakeholders and modern relevance.In repurposing these living city-cores, this paper examines strategies to create vibrant, equitable and
relevant public spaces for the city. Culturally significant urban centres, with their dynamism and multifacetedevolution must cater to contemporary uses and also create improved understanding of its peopleparticularly
in Indian culture, wherein diverse populations of gender groups, religious and castedistinctions, persons with disabilities, and differing economic classes have not traditionally mixed. The
opportunity to craft shared public spaces as community spaces in urbanized and ghettoised cities usinghistoric precincts as city centres will be investigated, to provide places for non-religious congregation, for
engagement between citizens, for commerce and transit, for collective celebration and grief and forstaging of disaster relief, if required.
This paper investigates a divergent approach wherein the needs of diverse user groups are the primaryconcern, yet the heritage value defines the framework within which this approach can succeed. It
addresses heritage precincts as places for its people and their contextual needs, within a set of guidelinesthat preserve tangible and intangible spatial, architectural and cultural values. To succeed it must not
impinge on the economic, social and modern aspirations of burgeoning populations.
changing small towns. As a result, historic precincts, fortified cities and pilgrimage towns are rapidlylosing their historic character and sense of place. Particularly in cultural centres of historic towns, such
as Bhubaneshwar, Bhopal or Lucknow, conservation for authenticity is a much lower priority thancritical socio-economic development pressures.
However, in this day and age, creating safe, accessible, approachable and equitable precincts canbuild on existing cultural precincts, create engagement with the local community and find new
stakeholders and modern relevance.In repurposing these living city-cores, this paper examines strategies to create vibrant, equitable and
relevant public spaces for the city. Culturally significant urban centres, with their dynamism and multifacetedevolution must cater to contemporary uses and also create improved understanding of its peopleparticularly
in Indian culture, wherein diverse populations of gender groups, religious and castedistinctions, persons with disabilities, and differing economic classes have not traditionally mixed. The
opportunity to craft shared public spaces as community spaces in urbanized and ghettoised cities usinghistoric precincts as city centres will be investigated, to provide places for non-religious congregation, for
engagement between citizens, for commerce and transit, for collective celebration and grief and forstaging of disaster relief, if required.
This paper investigates a divergent approach wherein the needs of diverse user groups are the primaryconcern, yet the heritage value defines the framework within which this approach can succeed. It
addresses heritage precincts as places for its people and their contextual needs, within a set of guidelinesthat preserve tangible and intangible spatial, architectural and cultural values. To succeed it must not
impinge on the economic, social and modern aspirations of burgeoning populations.
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