This
Mannerist style 16th Century Portuguese Church
is about 100 feet long and 42 feet wide. In
the 1980's a longitudinal crack had developed
in the centre of the vault enclosing the space
and later caused dislocation of a few of the
vault stones.
This
structural distress was caused due to uneven
settlement of the foundations. As this is
a historic monument a conservation policy
of minimum intervention as a principle was
adopted. The priority for structural restoration
was to arrest any further movement of the
walls by underpinning the foundations.
The
dislocated stones in the vault masonry were
re-fixed, the cracks in the vault were stitched
with stainless steel anchors and the vault
masonry grouted. Ties were also fixed across
the vault to prevent further movement. All
repairs were carried out using appropriate
lime mortars and grout mixes designed after
extensive laboratory studies. The
original surface of the chapel was restored
largely by removing the older layers of lime-wash
which had formed a half inch cake over the
surface.
Project
Team :
Technical Director : Luis Marrieros
Project Management : Jose F. Albuquerque
Conservation : The Bombay Collaborative
: Sandhya Savant, David Cardoz, Rahul
Mehrotra, Ramya Iyer Structural Consultant
: Mr. S.C. Deshpande
Client : Fundacao Oriente
Location : Old Goa
Area : 9877.68 sq.
Ft. Cost Of Project : 83.28 Lacs
(Phase I - Structural Repairs only)
Year Of Completion : Jan 2000
Grade Of Building : Archeological Survey of
India, State Monument
HISTORY
The brick and limestone building was built in 1895,
as a home for a large family. In the 1960's it was
converted into an office building. This change brought
about pressures of providing adequate services and
transformed the building insensitively. RESTORATION OF FACADE
The red brick surface had been painted over in grey
cement paint, completely transforming the the old
English building. The main restoration task was
to remove the grey cement paint from the facade
without damaging the brick surface. INTERIOR RESTORATION
The wooden structural system, and stone brackets,
which were hidden behind the layers of plaster and
cladding, or false ceiling were uncovered to restore
the elegant ambience of timber constructed spaces.
Project
Team : Sandhya Savant, Jolly Agarwal, Sageer
Muckba
Consultants :
Structural : Mr. S.C. Deshpande
Electrical : Mr. Rangwala
Client
: D.B.S. Financial Services Pvt. Ltd Location :
Fort, Mumbai Area : 15,900 sq. Ft. Year Of Completion
: Dec 1999
