Our involvement began in 2007 and we were in the thick of it by 2009.” “We decided to start CHC as an NGO that would enable adoption of havelis and other old buildings, build capacity for restoration, renovation, conservation and adaptive reuse of structures with historic, artistic or architectural importance, and lobby to save old buildings,” says Patel, adding, “It was important to revitalise the walled city, which has been proposed as a World Heritage City to UNESCO, create a sense of pride among the people in their heritage, develop tourism, and bring about welfare and income in the old areas. He introduced us to Debashish Nayak, who heads the HC, and that’s how we started exploring the walled city and were amazed by the architecture.” The team of developers, including Rakesh Patel, Rupesh Salot, Pravesh Mehta and Rajiv Patel, felt it was not viable to take up restoration and conservation as a business proposition, and that it should be part of the Corporate Social Responsibility of realtors. WE WISH EVERYONE TO JOIN US AND CELEBRATE HERITAGE TOGETHER.Says Rajiv Patel, head of City Heritage Centre (CHC), an NGO formed by a group of real estate developers, “My company, Environ, was working with architect Kamal Mangaldas who first suggested we should get involved with revitalisation of the walled city. We have already started, and we will keep restlessly working to make it as complete and integrated as possible. This project pursues to become a relevant contribution of keeping the UNESCO Status of Ahmedabad permanently and help future generations to enjoy, respect, and learn from exiting context.
A ‘place’ where local people’s Avatar cooperates to create VIRTUAL ENCYCLOPEDIA of our World Heritage City. All data available as COMMON OPEN SOURCE, where everyone has access to participate updating their personal documentation, and get in exchange the common archives.Īs the city, the virtual map will keep changing, updating and evolving, to become an INTERACTIVE PLATFORM and URBAN FORUM. Architectural items, layers’ sequence of urban fabric, old villages, remarkable public spaces, colonial infrastructure, modern master’s pieces…Įverything dated and located, with detailed description, pictures and videos, and plans and 3D’s files. We aim to collect all relevant data about tangible Heritage of Ahmedabad District. At the moment, this is one of our most ambitious initiative.
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