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”

International Seminar at the University of Nottingham

On the 4th of March 2025, Dr Bernadette Devilat and Dr Felipe Lanuza, from the Architecture, Culture and Tectonics Research Group University of Nottingham (UoN), hosted an International Seminar open to the whole University. It included lectures by international guests from our partner institutions in previous phases of this research project: Nisarg Dave, Director ofContinue reading “International Seminar at the University of Nottingham”

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”

Workshops at CEPT University- CEPT યુનિવર્સિટીખાતેવર્કશોપ

On the 4th and 5th of April 2022, we held three workshops as part of this research project focused on the aspects of knowledge exchange and dissemination, reflections on its upcoming outcomes with Government authorities, and the future possibilities of the data collected. ૪થી અને ૫મી એપ્રિલ ૨૦૨૨ના અમે સરકારી સત્તાવાળાઓ સાથે ત્રણવર્કશોપ યોજ્યાં હતા,Continue reading “Workshops at CEPT University- CEPT યુનિવર્સિટીખાતેવર્કશોપ”

Exhibition “Digital Bela” and Community Engagement activities in Bela – પ્રદર્શન “ડિજિટલ બેલા” અને બેલા (કચ્છ, ભારત)માં સમુદાયીક જોડાણ પ્રવૃતિઓ

Through the exhibition and community engagement activities “Digital Bela: architectural heritage in a new light” we presented our work to the local community of Bela. The events took place in Bela on the 17th and 18th of November 2021. The exhibition consisted of a large plan of Bela at 1 to 100 scale, showing theContinue reading “Exhibition “Digital Bela” and Community Engagement activities in Bela – પ્રદર્શન “ડિજિટલ બેલા” અને બેલા (કચ્છ, ભારત)માં સમુદાયીક જોડાણ પ્રવૃતિઓ”

Launch Seminar – સેમિનાર લોંચિંગ દ્વારા પ્રોજેકટના અનુભવો, ચર્ચા અને સ્કોપ

Online seminar to launch the project. Next Friday 11th of December 2020 at 11 am UK, 12 pm Europe and 16.30 India.