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42889
Type
conference item
Titre
E SAFE Connaught Place Portal
Langues
English
Auteurs
Datta Makhija, Smita
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
memory / participation / conservation / management / causes of deterioration / architectural ensembles / public awareness / neglect / colonialism / communities / interventions / virtual reality
Pays mentionnés
India
Résumé en anglais
Connaught Place was designed as a part of the Imperial Delhi construction effort. It was agrand urban statement with a central park, three circular avenues and a double height public walkway
colonnade in the innermost circle.However, as the British purse ran out of money, its construction happened as a private initiative,
resulting in a scheme of dividing the circus into pies, and selling these segments to individual buyers.The spatial arrangement and construction materials of each segment varied depending on the needs
and financial resources of the owner.Connaught Place has been constructed layer by layer over the past 85 years and is inhabited by a range of
owners, tenants and non-status occupants. Inappropriate interventions, age and neglect in carrying outtimely repairs are resulting in declaring this robust heritage ‘unsafe’.
We propose a strategy involving various custodian groups. First, we envisage a Heritage Dispensary ineach block which will serve to create solutions to retrofit the structure and services. Second, we propose
the E SAFE CP PORTAL with an occupant user interface. This will serve as a virtual repository forrecording the status of the historic fabric. The progressive documentation done on this portal will be
used to generate typologies for intervention management of the heritage at multiple levels.The E SAFE CP PORTAL will serve to bring together the occupant and user community to manage the
change of the historic resource and ensure structural stability of the built fabric. It will also ensure lifesafety of the users by delineating emergency evacuation processes and routes. Together, the city
authorities and the occupants will function as a group who will shoulder the responsibility for thesustainability of this heritage resource.
colonnade in the innermost circle.However, as the British purse ran out of money, its construction happened as a private initiative,
resulting in a scheme of dividing the circus into pies, and selling these segments to individual buyers.The spatial arrangement and construction materials of each segment varied depending on the needs
and financial resources of the owner.Connaught Place has been constructed layer by layer over the past 85 years and is inhabited by a range of
owners, tenants and non-status occupants. Inappropriate interventions, age and neglect in carrying outtimely repairs are resulting in declaring this robust heritage ‘unsafe’.
We propose a strategy involving various custodian groups. First, we envisage a Heritage Dispensary ineach block which will serve to create solutions to retrofit the structure and services. Second, we propose
the E SAFE CP PORTAL with an occupant user interface. This will serve as a virtual repository forrecording the status of the historic fabric. The progressive documentation done on this portal will be
used to generate typologies for intervention management of the heritage at multiple levels.The E SAFE CP PORTAL will serve to bring together the occupant and user community to manage the
change of the historic resource and ensure structural stability of the built fabric. It will also ensure lifesafety of the users by delineating emergency evacuation processes and routes. Together, the city
authorities and the occupants will function as a group who will shoulder the responsibility for thesustainability of this heritage resource.
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