Values of Conservation

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VALUES, ETHICS AND THEORY

OF CONSERVATION OFMONUMENTS


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HISTORICAL BUILDING

yArchitectural

yAesthetic

y Historic

y Documentary

yArchaeological

y Economic

y Social

y Politicaly Spiritual values

y Symbolic values for acommunity, race, religion.


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CAUSES OF DECAY

y N ATURAL DISASTERS

y EXTERNAL CAUSES OF DECAY IN BUILDING

y BIOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL CAUSES


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VALUE OF CONSERVATION

yConservation must preserve and enhance

the message and values of cultural property.

yThe emotional, cultural and use valuesassigned to cultural property


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NATURAL DISASTERS

y Earthquakes

y

Volcanic eruptionsy Floods

y Landslides

y Fires

y Lightening


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EXTERNAL CAUSES OF DECAY IN

BUILDING:

y Gravity

y Climatic causesy Rain

y Frost, snow and ice

y Ground water

y Dust

yWind


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BIOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL CAUSES:

yAnimals Monkeys, Bats

y

Birds y Insects

y Trees

y Plants

y Fungi- Moss and Lichens , Algae


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HUMAN FACTORSyAlternation

y Change in ground water

yAtmospheric pollution

yVibration change

y Fire

y

Theft, vandalismy Tourism

Neglect


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Conservation : The scope of conservation of the built

environment consists mainly of building, ranges from townplanning to the preservation of a crumbling artifact of a museum.

The required skill covers a wide range of people, those of the

y Town planner

y Landscape architecty Urban designer

y Conservation architect

y Civil Engineer

Supported by Biologist, Chemist, Physicist,Geologist &Seismologist.

y Building Contractor

y Art historiany Antiquarian

y Craftsmen of eachmaterial


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ETHICS OF CONSERVATION:

y The condition of the building before any interventionand all methods and material must be fully documented.

y Historical evidence must not be destroyed, falsified orremoved.

y Any intervention must be minimum necessary.

y Any intervention must be governed by un-swearing

respect for the aesthetic historical and physical integrityof cultural property.


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PROCEDURE FOR CONSERVATION:

y Inventories- Documentation of cultural property

y Initial inspections- A preliminary visual inspection andstudy of each building to access the state of preservation ofit.

y Continuing documentation- It is essential to record anyintervention before, during and after the conservationwork.


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DEGREE OF INTERVENTION:-y Prevention of deterioration

y Preservation of the existing state

y Consolidation of the fabric

y Restoration

y Rehabilitation

y

Reproductiony Reconstruction


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THE TE T F

I SPE TI HISTORIIL I


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THE THEORY OF CONSERVATION

y

ATHENS CHARTER OF 1966


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INTERNATIONAL CHARTER FOR THE

CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF

MONUMENTS AND SITES

yATHENS CHARTER OF 1966y International Centre for the study and Preservation

and the Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM).


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ARTICLE 1-3

DEFINITION

HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

CONSERVATION OF RESTORATION

INTENTION OF CONSERVATION


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ARTICLE 4-8

NO NEW CONSTRUCTION

MODIFICATION DONE


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ARTICLE 9-13

RESTORATION HIGHLY

SPECIALIZED TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES REPLACEMENT OF

MISSING PARTS

NO ADDITION


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ARTICLE 14

HISTORIC SITES

ARTICLE 15

EXCAVATION

ARTICLE 16

PUBLICATION


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THANKS

A.K.KHANNA

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