HOUSING AND COMMUNITY PLANNING

B.ARCH-III SEMESTER – 6,2021

a) Definition
The conservation of cultural heritage refers to the measures taken to extend the life of
cultural heritage while strengthening transmission of its significant heritage messages and
values. In the domain of cultural property, the aim of conservation is to maintain the
physical and cultural characteristics of the object to ensure that its value is not diminished
and that it will outlive our limited time span.

b) Description
The need to preserve architectural heritage of historical and cultural value is getting more
and more significant. At the same time it is very important to develop environment
dynamically to sustain life activities in general. The article deals with the revitalization
method with the purpose to preserve and restore historical landmarks, which assign a
new function – to expand areas and adjust historical buildings to modern requirements.
The projects of historical buildings in the cities Nis (Serbia) and Saint-Petersburg (Russia)
were considered as examples herein. Revitalization was presented as a method of how to
convert life-sustaining environment in the context of preservation and promotion
concerning cultural value of historical buildings. Heritage conservation movement in India
has predominantly focused on conservation of ASI listed monuments till now. However,
Heritage is more than these monuments and the residential settlements that are typically
found in the historic core of many such cities, forming a major part of their heritage. Indian
cities have high heritage value but they have become low income housing communities in
many cities. Indian citizens and their conservation efforts have unfortunately under-
prioritized such settlements. Heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts as well as the
intangible attributes of a group of society that we inherit from the past generation,
maintain in the present and restore to the future generation. It is unique and therefore
puts the responsibility of preservation by the present generation. architecture is a part of
tangible cultural heritage. This provides a way to know about the physical artifacts
produces and maintained for the coming generations as a heritage, these tangible
heritages are a part of society and a proof of human creativity since decades when it was
not the era of technology. Summary 
architectural conservation is a process through which the
material, historical, design integrity of humnanity’s built heritage is protected. Such
initiatives demand novel interpretations of both, Revitalization of Precincts as well as
Heritage Conservation require the participation of the civic societies and public policies.

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