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Evaluating the Adaptive Reuse Potential of Chettinad Houses for Heritage Conservation
The Chettinad region is known for its rich residential architecture. The grandeur mansions bear testimony to the successful banking and trading community of the Nattukottai Nagarathars. However, in recent times, a good lot of buildings have become dilapidated due to the migration of residents to other places in search of better opportunities. This paper aims to analyze the adaptive reuse potential of the region to conserve the palatial houses for the development of culture, heritage, and way of life for future generations. It involves a brief historical research on the evolution and principles of the community and a combination of models such as the ARP model and the Delphi method to analyze its potential. After due consideration of the physical obsolescence, economic obsolescence, functional obsolescence, technological obsolescence, social obsolescence, and legal obsolescence, the ARP was found to be 31.3, which shows that the building has a moderate value for adaptive reuse. Hence, adaptive reuse is an apt choice to sustain the life of the building in this context. Besides, the Delphi Model that is based on people’s perceptions also showed the need to strategize the adaptive reuse of Chettinad houses.
Evaluating the Adaptive Reuse Potential of Chettinad Houses for Heritage Conservation
The Chettinad region is known for its rich residential architecture. The grandeur mansions bear testimony to the successful banking and trading community of the Nattukottai Nagarathars. However, in recent times, a good lot of buildings have become dilapidated due to the migration of residents to other places in search of better opportunities. This paper aims to analyze the adaptive reuse potential of the region to conserve the palatial houses for the development of culture, heritage, and way of life for future generations. It involves a brief historical research on the evolution and principles of the community and a combination of models such as the ARP model and the Delphi method to analyze its potential. After due consideration of the physical obsolescence, economic obsolescence, functional obsolescence, technological obsolescence, social obsolescence, and legal obsolescence, the ARP was found to be 31.3, which shows that the building has a moderate value for adaptive reuse. Hence, adaptive reuse is an apt choice to sustain the life of the building in this context. Besides, the Delphi Model that is based on people’s perceptions also showed the need to strategize the adaptive reuse of Chettinad houses.
Evaluating the Adaptive Reuse Potential of Chettinad Houses for Heritage Conservation
Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements
J., Vijayalaxmi (editor) / Priya, Palaniappan Alamu (author)
2024-02-06
23 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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