TY  - BOOK
AU  - Periannan, Sivagami
AU  - Modi, Sonal Mithal (Guide)
TI  - Re-territorialisation of Chettinad houses : an economic process enabling continuity of the built fabric (Also available on CD)
U1  - M.Arch TH-0114 
PY  - 2017///
N1  - CONTENTS Abstract .ii Acknowlegement                                                    .iv CONTENTS                                                        .vi List of figures                                                       .viii List of abbreviations                                                  1 1 Heritage in the context of change                             2 1.1 Introduction                                             .2 1.2 Territorialisation and Identity                                6 1.2.1 Territory                                                 6 1.2.2 De-territorialisation and Re-territorialisation                    7 1.3 What to conserve                                         .8 1.3.1 Defining Heritage                                         .8 1.3.2 Categorising heritage                                       9 1.4 Heritage and power : in the Indian scenario                     10 2 Critical approaches and case studies                          .15 2.1 Interpreting heritage through an alternative lens                 .15 2.1.1 Background                                             .15 2.1.2 Paradigm shift                                           .15 2.1.3 Ename charter and integrative planning                        17 2.2 Critical approaches towards conservation in a context of change    19 2.2.1 Conservation as a means of revitalisation                      .19 2.2.2 Heritage as a resource                                     .22 2.2.3 Expanding the limits of heritage –heritage as part of an ecosystem  .25 2.2.4 Tourism as an economic generator of heritage                   30 2.3 Learnings                                                36 3 Contextualising Re-territorialisation ,the case of Chettinad        .38 3.1 Chettinad context and background                            38 3.2 Migration and abandonment of homes                         40 3.3 Chettinad villages undergoing change                         44 3.3.1 Ponnamaravathi                                      45 3.3.2 Devakottai                                          45 3.3.3 Karaikudi           46 4 Documenting Change                                      48 4.1 Karaikudi Background and evolution                         .48 4.2 Neighbourhoods undergoing change                          .50 4.3 Documenting Change                                      52 4.3.1 Existing Chettinad houses and sites of demolition                52 4.3.2 Level of transformation - nature of use                        .53 4.4 Case specific examples demonstrating change                   58 4.4.1 Case 1: Retail plug-in within House form                      .58 4.4.2 Case 2: Retail plug-in within setback                          60 4.4.3 Case 3 : House partly demolished to fit retail activity             62 4.4.4 Case 4 : retail store and storage rooms within house              64 4.4.5 Case 5 : Residential quarters within house                      66 4.4.6 Case 6 : Out-house rented out as residential quarters             .68 4.4.7 Case 7 : House structurally modified , space and use retained      .70 4.4.8 Case 8 : Ownership changed , central court retained              .72 4.5 Summary                                               .74 5 Creating a framework for re-territorialisation                   .76 5.1 Existing Landuse Plan                                     .76 5.1.1 Issues with the existing Landuse plan and Building regulation      77 5.2 Comparison of existing Landuse plan and retail activities         .79 5.2.1 Existing Landuse plan for selected area                        79 5.2.2 Existing Retail activities                                    79 5.3 Proposed Landuse change                                  .81 5.4 Chettinad house in the context of the urban fabric                82 5.4.1 Composition of Chettinad settlements                         82 5.4.2 The typical urban block                                    .83 5.5 Chettinad House-form and significance of spaces                84 5.5.1 Typical Chettinad house-form                               .84 5.5.2 Evolution of house form                                    85 5.5.3 Function of adaptation follows form                          .87 5.5.4 Significance of spaces within the house                        88 5.5.5 Inappropriate additions and transformations                    .91 5.6 Accommodating change within the house-form                 .92 5.7 Possible scenarios to fit retail into house-form                  .93 5.8 Building within the context                                 .96 5.9 Framework for re-territorialisation                            98 5.10 Possible scenarios of adaptation for different house forms         .100 5.11 Intervention on a selected street                              107 References                                                        124
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