CONSERVATION , RESTORATION

AND
RE-ADAPTATION

SUBMITTED TO SUBMITTED BY – DEVI

MISS KASTURI BARAH BARUAH
BID 4TH YEAR
180473
 VENICE
CHARTER 1964
 VENICE CHARTER - 1964

• The concept of a historic monument embraces not only the single architectural work but
also the urban and rural setting .
• The conservation and restoration of monument must have resource to all the sciences
and techniques which can contribute to the study of safeguarding of the architectural
heritage.
• The intension in conserving and restoring monument is to safeguard them no less then
as a work of art than as historical evidence.
 VENICE CHARTER – CONSERVATION

• It is essential to the conservation of monument that they be maintained on the permanent

basis.
• The conservation of monument is always facilitated by making use of them for some
socially useful purposes.
• The conservation of a monument implies preserving a setting which is not out of scale.
Whenever the traditional setting exists, it must be kept. No new construction, demolition or
modification which would alter the relation of mass and colour must be allowed.
• A monument is inseparable from the history to which it bears witness and from the setting in
which it occurs.
• Items of sculpture, painting or decoration which form an integral part of a monument may
only be removed from it if this is the sole means of ensuring their preservation.
FAMOUS CONSERVED ARCHITECTURE
 VENICE CHARTER – RESTORATION

• The process of restoration is a highly specialized operation. Its aim is to

preserve and reveal the aesthetic and historic value of the monument and is
based on respect for original material and authentic documents.
• Where traditional techniques proved inadequate, the consolidation of a
monument can be achieved by the use of any modern technique for
conservation and construction.
• The restoration in any case must be preceded and followed by archaeological
and historical study of monument.
OUTCOME

The Venice Charter is the most influential document on conservation since 1964.

•The concept of site which also applies to historic landscapes and gardens
•The concept of reversibility in restoration
•The social and financial issues

In the years after the publishing, the purpose of the charter a number of symposiums
took place in order to improve common understandings and awareness of it by those
involved in the conservation and restoration works of the historic buildings.
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