VALUES, ETHICS AND THEORY OF CONSERVATION OF MONUMENTS

HISTORICAL BUILDING
y Architectural y Aesthetic y Historic y Documentary y Archaeological y Economic y Social y Political y Spiritual values y Symbolic values for a

community, race, religion.

CAUSES OF DECAY
y NATURAL DISASTERS y EXTERNAL CAUSES OF DECAY IN BUILDING y BIOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL CAUSES

VALUE OF CONSERVATION
y Conservation must preserve and enhance

the message and values of cultural property. y The emotional, cultural and use values assigned to cultural property

NATURAL DISASTERS
y Earthquakes y Volcanic eruptions y Floods y Landslides y Fires y Lightening

EXTERNAL CAUSES OF DECAY IN BUILDING:

y Gravity y Climatic causes y Rain y Frost, snow and ice y Ground water y Dust y Wind

BIOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL CAUSES:

y Animals y Birds y Insects y Trees y Plants y Fungi- Moss and Lichens , Algae

Monkeys, Bats

HUMAN FACTORS
y Alternation y Change in ground water y Atmospheric pollution y Vibration change y Fire y Theft, vandalism y Tourism

Neglect

Conservation : The scope of conservation of the built

environment consists mainly of building, ranges from town planning to the preservation of a crumbling artifact of a museum. The required skill covers a wide range of people, those of the
y Town planner y Landscape architect y Urban designer y Conservation architect y Civil Engineer y Building Contractor y Art historian y Antiquarian y Craftsmen of each material

Supported by Biologist, Chemist, Physicist, Geologist & Seismologist.

ETHICS OF CONSERVATION:
y The condition of the building before any intervention and all methods and material must be fully documented. y Historical evidence must not be destroyed, falsified or removed. y Any intervention must be minimum necessary. y Any intervention must be governed by un-swearing respect for the aesthetic historical and physical integrity of cultural property.

PROCEDURE FOR CONSERVATION:

y Inventories- Documentation of cultural property y Initial inspections- A preliminary visual inspection and study of each building to access the state of preservation of it. y Continuing documentation- It is essential to record any intervention before, during and after the conservation work.

DEGREE OF INTERVENTION:y Prevention of deterioration y Preservation of the existing state y Consolidation of the fabric y Restoration y Rehabilitation y Reproduction y Reconstruction

THE TE T F I SPE TI HISTORI IL I

THE THEORY OF CONSERVATION

yATHENS CHARTER OF 1966

INTERNATIONAL CHARTER FOR THE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF MONUMENTS AND SITES
y ATHENS CHARTER OF 1966 y International Centre for the study and Preservation

and the Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM).

ARTICLE 1-3
DEFINITION HISTORICAL MONUMENTS CONSERVATION OF RESTORATION INTENTION OF CONSERVATION

ARTICLE 4-8

 NO NEW CONSTRUCTION  MODIFICATION DONE

ARTICLE 9-13

 RESTORATION HIGHLY SPECIALIZED TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES REPLACEMENT OF MISSING PARTS  NO ADDITION




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ARTICLE 15

EXCAVATION

ARTICLE 16 PUBLICATION

THANKS A.K.KHANNA