Restoration and Adaptive Re-use of Queen Mary’s High School

Phase-1

Step -1:
Cleaning of the site
Note:
 Any old material (wooden planks, ventilator louvers, clay tiles etc.) found should
not be thrown and kept safe.
 Any traces of the original work should be left intact without any damage.

Action: by the contractor’s team under the supervision of any INTACH member

Step-2:

 Detailed measured documentation (Plan/ section/ elevation as a whole and of

each room)
 Detailed Documentation of the elements (columns, eave boards, door window
schedule, staircase details etc.)
 Defect mapping (A chart will be provided of all the defects) and its grid analysis
to calculate the area.
 Study of the existing material.
 Photo documentation and its cataloging according to the existing plan.
 Existing electrical layout and plumbing layout
 Total station (if required)

Action-1: students and Interns for the documentation under the supervision of a
Conservation Architect
Conservation Architect to first take a session of all the interns to make them acquainted
with all the necessary steps involved in the documentation and the process of
documentation.
Action-2: Concerned department to provide the basic tools and stationaries for
documentation (separate list in annexure-1)

Step-3

Issues/concerns at the layout

  Encroachments
 Position of any electrical transformers at a certain position that can cause danger
in the future

Action-1: The Conservation architect to prepare a list of issues and concern

Action-2: The concern body (INTACH) to mediate with government bodies to get the
issues resolved

Step-4:

List of the works to be carried out for the building

 This step shall be parallel to the step-1

Action-1: Conservation Architect to make the list of works to be commenced at the

site.

Step-5: Schedule of Rates

 Action-1 Conservation Architect in coordination with the contractor have to do

this

Step-6: Restoration to be carried forward.

All the details as per the drawing.

Note: The concerned team of contractor and labor must be well equipped with the
conservation work in lime

Phase-II (Adaptive Re-use of the building)

Step-1: Zoning

Action-1: All the concerned people’s approval for the zoning (INTACH and any team of
architects)

Step-2:

1. Revised plan of the building

2. Detailed working drawing (all the services included)
3. Painting and selection of material that will be installed respecting the heritage norms.
Action-1: team of architect to decide on this matter and engaging interns/students for the
drafting of the same

Manpower:

 A contractor team competent enough for providing the engineers with good structural
knowledge of the building.
 A team of interns or students for the documentation process (10 students).
 Necessity approvals from the government officials.

Phase-III (Intangible development)

 Building a whole narrative of the area

 Importance of the school
 A heritage walk with more robust history
 Involvement of local historians and people who can contribute towards the past of the
area
 An archival preparation on the area for future use.

Annexure-1

Instruments needed for the documentation

1. 30M Tape
2. 15M Tape
3. Distometer
4. Sketch book
5. Butter sheet
6. Scale
7. Pencil
8. Eraser
9. Sketch pens
10. Color pencils
11. Black bold marker
12. Water level (if required)