TY - BOOK AU - Rodrigues, Manisha Orina (PA103516) AU - Aalund, Flemming (Guide) AU - Desai, Jigna (Guide) TI - Revitalisation of the Dey Bari, through conservation and design (Also available on CD) U1 - M.Arch TH-0146 PY - 2018/// N1 - Abstract i Acknowledgements iii Contents v List of figures . vii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Location and settings 1 1.2 History of Serampore . 2 1.3 History of zamindars in Serampore 5 1.4 The history of the Deys in Serampore . 5 1.5.1 Setting and context 9 1.5.2 Spatial organisation . 9 1.5.3 Articulation of key spaces 10 2 Architectural understanding 15 2.1 Urban context and settings 15 2.2 The Dey Bari precinct 15 2.3 The Dey Bari . 19 2.4 Conjectured Functional plans 27 2.5 Architectural analysis 28 2.6 The Thakur dalan . 33 2.7 Architectural features 34 2.8 Material study 35 2.8.1 Walls 35 2.8.2 Floors 36 2.8.3 Miscellaneous 36 2.9 Structural system 37 3 Conservation of Dey Bari . 41 3.1 Value 41 4 Conservation Approach 51 5 Design 55 5.1 Approach to design 55 5.2 The framework 66 6 Conclusion 69 vi Revitalisation of the Dey bari_ Manisha Rodrigues Glossary 71 References . 73 Bibliography 75 Appendices 77 A1. Documentation drawings 77 A2. Genealogy of the Dey family 83 A3. Material Testing 90 A4. Measure drawing 97 ER -