Guest online talk: Documenting domestic built heritage at risk in Gujarat, India. From Ahmedabad to Bela

On the 5th of March 2025, Dr Bernadette Devilat gave a guest lecture as part of the Post Office Cultures collection. Open to all. This talk presented her previous experience documenting heritage areas affected by earthquakes in Chile as an introduction, followed by two research projects aimed at documenting domestic built heritage at risk of earthquakes inContinue reading “Guest online talk: Documenting domestic built heritage at risk in Gujarat, India. From Ahmedabad to Bela”

Final presentation at the University of Nottingham / નોટિંગહામયુનિવર્સિટીમાંફાઇનલપ્રેઝન્ટેશન

On the 6th of March 2024, Dr Bernadette Devilat gave a final lecture at the Architecture, Culture and Tectonics (ACT) Research Group monthly seminars, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham. The lecture was open to all staff and students from the ACT research group. 6ઠ્ઠી કુચ 2024 ના રોજ, ડૉ. બર્નાડેટ ડેવિલાટ,Continue reading “Final presentation at the University of Nottingham / નોટિંગહામયુનિવર્સિટીમાંફાઇનલપ્રેઝન્ટેશન”

Phase 3- Field work 3 at Bela

We have carried out another fieldwork at Bela, this time with students from CEPT University, as part of their winter school, and with members of the team from the University of Nottingham, GIDM, CHC CRDF and the Hunnarshala Foundation. On the first day, we carried out a reconnaissance walk of the village, visiting the structuresContinue reading “Phase 3- Field work 3 at Bela”

Phase 3- Field work 2 at Bela

Members of our local research team, Shubham Daberao, from the Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management (GIDM), and Aditya Singh, from the Hunnarshala Foundation, visited Bela at the end of October 2023 for Phase 3 of this project. The site visit aimed to build upon the current development of a Disaster Risk Management Plan through strengtheningContinue reading “Phase 3- Field work 2 at Bela”

Our project on World Architecture News! – વર્લ્ડ આર્કિટેક્ચર ન્યૂઝ પરનો અમારો પ્રોજેક્ટ!

We are proud that our project features on the World Architecture News website. This is a great motivation to keep on working. Follow the link to learn more: https://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/article/1704965/academics-pioneer-new-methods-protecting-indias-architectural-heritage અમને ગર્વ છે કે વર્લ્ડ આર્કિટેક્ચર ન્યૂઝ વેબસાઇટ પર અમારા પ્રોજેક્ટને સ્થાન આપવામાં આવ્યું છે. જેનાથી અમને કામ કરવાની ખૂબ પ્રેરણા મળે છે. વધુ જાણવા માટેContinue reading “Our project on World Architecture News! – વર્લ્ડ આર્કિટેક્ચર ન્યૂઝ પરનો અમારો પ્રોજેક્ટ!”