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THOUGHTS AND APPROACH

Creation of a Responsible Design brief, that
takes into account the following considerations:
1. Value addition for long-term sustainability
2. Keeping the Heritage aspect intact
3. Leveraging local assets and skills innovating
on local technology

SITE

The two mud-buildings (declared as Heritage-
Grade I sites) and the surrounding landscape
forms the core of the intervention area.
The transformation of the site – the value-
addition through design is a process of sensitive
interventions, explained in subsequent slides
and exemplifies what we mean by responsible
conservation.

Site before intervention The two mud-buildings seen from the main street at the start of the
project (TOP) vis-à-vis that at the end of the project (BOTTOM) highlights
the story of transformation
Conservation & Restoration of Birsingha Bhagabati Vidyalaya & Vidyasagar Smriti Mandir at
Birsingha Ghatal, Paschim Mednipur, West Bengal

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