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From the 3rd to the 5th of March 2025, Dr Bernadette Devilat and Dr Felipe Lanuza, from the Architecture, Culture and Tectonics Research Group University of Nottingham (UoN), hosted a series of workshops and a seminar with guests from our partner institutions in previous phases of this research project: Nisarg Dave, from the Gujarat InstituteContinue reading “International workshop at the University of Nottingham”

We have obtained a Research Policy Support Funding from the University of Nottingham to continue with Phase 4 of this research project, to explore policy implementation of the sustainable re-construction framework developed in previous phases. We are working with our project partner, the Gujarat Institute of Disaster Risk Management in India, towards developing a policy summary.

Bernadette Devilat presented images and videos of the research project as part of the Sustainability Showcase Exhibition on Wednesday, the 20th of March 2024, at the Theatre Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham. All the foyer spaces were filled with research from across the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University, which accompanied the performance of the BBCContinue reading “Sustainability Showcase Exhibition”

Led by our project partner, the Hunnarshala Foundation, the example of repair and reinforcement strategies was finished. These included repairing damaged stone masonry walls and adding elements to increase the buildings’ overall structural resistance, such as wooden diagonals in the roof structure and metallic supports connecting the corners of the walls using external frames andContinue reading “Example of reinforcement strategies finished”

On the afternoon of the 17th of February 2024, we held an informative session with the local community, at Bela’s Chabutra (bird feeder), featuring the repair and reinforcement strategies implemented as a tangible example, led by the Hunnarshala Foundation. 17મી ફેબ્રુઆરીની બપોરે, અમે બેલાના ચબુત્રા (બર્ડ ફીડર) ખાતે સ્થાનિક સમુદાય સાથે એક માહિતીપ્રદ સત્રનું આયોજનContinue reading “Repair and reinforcement strategies at the Chabutra (birdfeeder) / ચબુતરો પર સમારકામ અને મજબૂતીકરણની વ્યૂહરચનાઓ”

On the morning of the 17th of February, we held activities at Bela’s School for all the community and local authorities. The activities started with laying out the 3D laser scanning map of the village of Bela, so to use it for talking and locating the spaces designed as key buildings and evacuation spaces. 17મીContinue reading “Presentation of the Disaster Risk Management Plan for Bela, by GIDM / દ્વારા બેલાના  આપત્તિ-જોખમ-વ્યવસ્થાપન યોજના ની રજૂઆત”

On the 15th of February, Dr Bernadette Devilat gave a final lecture at the School of Architecture, CEPT University. After an introduction by Saatvika Pancholi, the presentation summarised the latest phase of this research project, which studied the applicability and scalability of the framework developed in previous phases by creating a disaster risk management planContinue reading “Final presentation at CEPT University”