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Understanding Heritage


  • Heritage building” means and includes any building of one or more premises or any partThereof and/or structure and/or artifact which requires conservation and / or preservation forHistorical and / or architectural and / or artisanary and /or aesthetic and/or cultural and/orEnvironmental and/or ecological purpose and includes such portion of land adjoining suchbuilding or part thereof as may be required for fencing or covering or in any manner preserving

the historical and/or architectural and/or aesthetic and/or cultural value of such building.
  • “Heritage Precincts” means and includes any space that requires conservation and /or

preservation for historical and / or architectural and/or aesthetic and/or cultural and/or
environmental and/or ecological purpose. Walls or other boundaries of a particular area or
place or building or may enclose such space by an imaginary line drawn around it.
  • “Conservation” means all the processes of looking after a place so as to retain its historical

and/or architectural and/or aesthetic and/or cultural significance and includes maintenance,
preservation, restoration, reconstruction and adoption or a combination of more than one of
these.
  • “Preservation” means and includes maintaining the fabric of a place in its existing state and

retarding deterioration.
  • “Restoration” means and includes returning the existing fabric of a place to a known earlier

state by removing accretions or by reassembling existing components without introducing new
materials.
  • “Reconstruction” means and includes returning a place as nearly as possible to a known earlier

state and distinguished by the introduction of materials (new or old) into the fabric. This shall
not include either recreation or conjectural reconstruction.
  • “Prohibited Area” means area of the protected monuments declared as of national importance

and extending to a distance of 100 meters in all direction.
  • “Regulated Area” means area in respect of every ancient monuments and archaeological sites

and remains declared as of national importance and extending to a distance of 200 meters in
all direction. 
  • Revitalization can be done by conservation of heritage (tangible/intangible) which are in good state and restore the lost Heritage (tangible/intangible) to retain the Glory of the Qaiserbagh Complex as it was when built and to create a cultural Landmark to the city.

What is Conservation?
The Conservation- Restoration of cultural Heritage focused on protection & care of tangible cultural Heritage, including artworks, architecture, Archaeology, and Museum collections.
What is Revitalization?
To conserve existing (something historic) building or areas by putting them to good Contemporary use.This approach gives historic buildings and areas a “Second Life” by reconnecting them with society.
Methods of Building Conservation (Acc.To Burra Charter)
1.      Preservation.(Protective care of fabric & place)
2.        Maintenance.(Continuous Protective care of fabric & place)
3.       Restoration.(Returning to a known earlier state)
4.     
 Reconstruction.(Returning to a known earlier state, Introduction of new material)
5.     
 Adaptation.(Change in function, , Introduction of new materials.)

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