In a progressive leap towards the journey of achieving the Unesco World Heritage City label, city’s heritage conservationists have combined strengths. Kruta Foundation, City Heritage centre and CEPT have join hands to map the havelis and pol structures of walled city.
The idea is to conduct a detailed scanning and survey of walled city’s listed structures using modern technology that helps convert photos into drawing files. City Heritage Centre’s Rajiv Patel, builder who is at present involved in restoration projects of old Havelis and Ramji Mandir, says, “We have brought in ultra modern materials like light weight foam concrete, new techniques and restoration methods from Ferrara restoration exhibition and have learnt fast methods to make documentation of buildings. With new technology, we are now involving young minds into preserving old city.”
About twenty students from The School of Building Science and Technology (SBST), CEPT would take up summer internships and would spend holidays mapping and surveying the heritage structures of pol areas with experts from City Heritage Centre and Kruta Foundation. Prof S P Sapre, dean of SBST, says, “This is for the first time that CEPT is offering the students summer internship program giving exposure of working for restoration projects. This opportunity would help students gauge their interests and skills into building preservation which is one of the most upcoming fields.”
Jagrut Patel, architect of the project, says, “We plan to combine skills and strengths into mapping the listed heritage properties and pol structures featuring on the routes of various heritage walk maps. The work of detailed survey and digital documentation has started. As a measure for capacity building, we plan to involve CEPT students into this project. Restoration trainees from Spain are also joining this project next month.”
