Abstract
A constantly morphing environment has resulted in the new encapsulating the old, thus forming layers of cultural heritage. It has to be noted that architectural heritage and its conservation cannot be assessed and executed in isolation. It is important to take into consideration the context. The recent thrust on urban conservation has paved way for management of heritage through various contextual lenses by multidisciplinary approaches. This research discusses the importance of urban conservation and the position and importance of architectural conservation in this comprehensive process. Using existing models of cultural heritage management, a detailed analysis of the urban heritage conservation process in the Indian context has been undertaken and demonstration of the conceived framework through different scales of sites articulating the prominent conditions prevalent in India is illustrated in this paper.
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Pondicherry, officially known as Puducherry (literally New Town in Tamil), is the capital and chief city of the Union Territory of Puducherry. The city is located in the Puducherry district and is surrounded by the state of Tamil Nadu with which it shares most of its culture and language. (OQ2).
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Watson's Hotel (actually Watson's Esplanade Hotel), now known as the Esplanade Mansion, is India's oldest surviving cast iron building. It is located in the Kala Ghoda area of Mumbai (Bombay). Named after its original owner, John Watson, the building was fabricated in England and constructed on-site between 1860 and 1863 (Wikipedia n.d.).
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Dr. Christopher W London is an American author, academician and architectural historian. In 1986–87, London researched the Watson’s Hotel (Esplanade Mansion) building as part of his doctoral dissertation submission titled British Architecture in Victorian Bombay. This was for DPhil degree from Oxford University. He later included the research in his now famous book, Bombay Gothic that chronicled a larger study of the city (Fernandez 2019).
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Historic Urban Area: (From the ICOMOS Washington Charter) Historic urban areas, large and small, include cities, towns and historic centres or quarters, together with their natural and man-made environments. Beyond their role as historical documents, these areas embody the values of traditional urban cultures (Amoruso 2015).
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A wada (Marathi for house) is a traditional mansion typically in the western part of India.
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An Indian festival dedicated to Lord Ganesh celebrated in various states of India, a very important festival in Maharashtra.
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Krishna Prasad, P. (2022). Conserving the Past, Ameliorating the Future—Situating Conservation of Architectural Heritage in the Urban Context—A Case of India. In: Versaci, A., Bougdah, H., Akagawa, N., Cavalagli, N. (eds) Conservation of Architectural Heritage. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74482-3_14
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