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4 ). On this regard, the PMU created two structures (Infrastructure Design and
Management Group and Project Design and Management Team), which worked
independently or jointly depending on the task.
The principal partnership under the project is with Fondazione Politecnico di
Milano which provided and still provides the competence and the facilities to develop
and coordinate the entire project tasks: guidelines for working drawings, outline
plans, consultancy services and supervision aimed at the implementation of the entire
activities.
2 The Components of the Project
The Multan Walled City, with an approximated area of 1.2 km
2 and a population of
around 127,000, was once the place where all the local arts were born and developed.
The traditional arts are still alive in the area particularly in the form of jewellery,
blue pottery and embroidery. There are approximately 3500 shops in Hussain Aghai
Bazaar, Chowk Bazaar, Haram Bazaar and Sarafa Bazaar; about 1500 shops are
pertaining to jewellery and manufacturing facilities and 1000 shops to textile sector.
The approximate population associated with this business is almost 15,000 people;
most of these people are employed on the shops and are within the poverty line.
Therefore, the overall objective of the project was to initiate a sustainable process
of social and economic revitalization and to upgrade the physical and environmental
quality, through the improvement of livelihoods and living conditions of the residents.
For this reason, and for their characteristic and location inside the Walled City, the
choice of the two main project areas—Haram Gate Place and Sarafa Bazaar—has
been considered strategic for developing the pilot project as an example of possible
future renovation inside the Walled City.
In addition, the selected precincts could enhance a more general touristy promotion by the improvement and conservation of the sites where the revitalized public
space could be appreciated by the visitors. All this related to the conservation of
the Haram Gate as an architectural heritage to be preserved for the collective citizen
memory. Moreover, proposing a technical reorganization of the facilities aimed at
the enhancement and the improvement of public space: i.e. enhancement of sewer
system, electricity reorganization and urban shading.
A brief description could help in understanding the entity and the complexity of
the second phase of the project, including the following components: Haram Gate
conservation and Haram Gate Place regeneration, Musafir Khana building restoration, portion of Sarafa Bazaar regeneration and several capacity building activities.
4 Water and Sanitation Agency, Multan Electric Power Company, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited and Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited.
A. Del Bo et al.
PTCL
4 ). On this regard, the PMU created two structures (Infrastructure Design and
Management Group and Project Design and Management Team), which worked
independently or jointly depending on the task.
The principal partnership under the project is with Fondazione Politecnico di
Milano which provided and still provides the competence and the facilities to develop
and coordinate the entire project tasks: guidelines for working drawings, outline
plans, consultancy services and supervision aimed at the implementation of the entire
activities.
2 The Components of the Project
The Multan Walled City, with an approximated area of 1.2 km
2 and a population of
around 127,000, was once the place where all the local arts were born and developed.
The traditional arts are still alive in the area particularly in the form of jewellery,
blue pottery and embroidery. There are approximately 3500 shops in Hussain Aghai
Bazaar, Chowk Bazaar, Haram Bazaar and Sarafa Bazaar; about 1500 shops are
pertaining to jewellery and manufacturing facilities and 1000 shops to textile sector.
The approximate population associated with this business is almost 15,000 people;
most of these people are employed on the shops and are within the poverty line.
Therefore, the overall objective of the project was to initiate a sustainable process
of social and economic revitalization and to upgrade the physical and environmental
quality, through the improvement of livelihoods and living conditions of the residents.
For this reason, and for their characteristic and location inside the Walled City, the
choice of the two main project areas—Haram Gate Place and Sarafa Bazaar—has
been considered strategic for developing the pilot project as an example of possible
future renovation inside the Walled City.
In addition, the selected precincts could enhance a more general touristy promotion by the improvement and conservation of the sites where the revitalized public
space could be appreciated by the visitors. All this related to the conservation of
the Haram Gate as an architectural heritage to be preserved for the collective citizen
memory. Moreover, proposing a technical reorganization of the facilities aimed at
the enhancement and the improvement of public space: i.e. enhancement of sewer
system, electricity reorganization and urban shading.
A brief description could help in understanding the entity and the complexity of
the second phase of the project, including the following components: Haram Gate
conservation and Haram Gate Place regeneration, Musafir Khana building restoration, portion of Sarafa Bazaar regeneration and several capacity building activities.
4 Water and Sanitation Agency, Multan Electric Power Company, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited and Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited.