Heritage, is always talked about as property, as an object, static, frozen in time, as a possession. That societies should save old things has been a matter of tradition, to be accepted and respected.
Can we look at the act of conserving our heritage as a process through time? To transform the spaces, instead of trying to capture or recreate the past occupancy. By understanding the existing fabric in terms of its function but also its meaning this project hopes to produce work which is legitimate within the context of the city and of society.The interventions focus on the public spaces that can be formed inside inactive ‘artefacts’ and ways of making them accessible to the people.
These historical spaces rather than being seen as static embodiments of culture, should be looked at as mediums through which power, identity and society are produced and reproduced. The life of urban heritage is affected by the extent of its involvement with the context and depends on its ability to morph with the evolution of urban life around it.
Bachelors thesis, KRVIA, 2017
Guide: Pinkish Shah
Selected for Kurula Varkey Design Forum , CEPT in 2018
Published in the book Unbuilt 2.0, ‘Architecture of future collectives’