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south, at the level of the circular road, completes the design of the limit of Haram
Gate Place.
The discovery of an ancient well to the east of the pavilion during the excavation
activities required a revision of the design of the big steps that connecting the street
level to the podium. Thanks to an accurate survey of the discovered well about its
dimensions and position, the design of the big steps—made by the same granite used
for the pavilion stylobate—was redefined with a centre in the ancient well that today
is visible thanks to a glass covering.
The pavilion is a covered construction provided by seats for the waiting and
rendezvous. This kind of traditional building has been placed along north–south
direction, becoming the support of amorphous photovoltaic surfaces, able to produce
enough electricity to light its illumination system during the night. To complete the
empty area on the north side, created by the demolitions, a services building, is
located in front of the new pavilion, provided of public washroom.
For achieving the complete results and make the Gate free from every kind
of encroachment—for instance the “crowd” of overhead cables running along the
place—preliminary to its conservation works, it was necessary to improve and reorganize all the infrastructure system in the vicinity; i.e. the telecommunication and
the electric power distribution infrastructure, the water supply system, the natural
gas distribution, the sewage disposal and the storm water drainage systems (Wang
et al. 2011), all of them replaced with underground lines.
The Haram Gate project achieved an exemplary conservation intervention in a
field which is strategic for a country rich of monuments. The conservation and the
strengthening techniques answered to the problems of decay and instability that were
causing the serious state of deterioration of the building. The theoretical approaches
and the technical solutions provided, in line with the most advanced methods of
restoration in the international scenario, allowed to reach an expected result in term
of intervention quality.
In accordance to the same considerations, it should be read the second component
of the project which has been fulfilled with the completion of the Musafir Khana
renovation. The building is an important historical legacy of the inner city of Multan
and it is located in a strategic area characterized by several Holy Sites. The symbolic,
historic and cultural importance of the Musa Pak complex makes it one of the most
significant and representative within the historical core of Multan.
The third component taken into consideration by the Multan Walled City initiative
is the Sarafa Bazaar project, the only one among those planned not yet completed,
for which, however, all the materials necessary for the working phase have been
totally finalized. The relevant portion of the Sarafa Bazaar project extends from
Musafir Khana to the North. The bazaar, in accordance with its commercial nature,
presents at the ground floor spaces used for shops and on the upper floors are located
laboratory and dwellings.
The aim of the project is to bring order to the bazaar through a general arrangement
able to represent both the local tradition and the necessary innovation in infrastructures, tourism improvement and energy saving.
A. Del Bo et al.
south, at the level of the circular road, completes the design of the limit of Haram
Gate Place.
The discovery of an ancient well to the east of the pavilion during the excavation
activities required a revision of the design of the big steps that connecting the street
level to the podium. Thanks to an accurate survey of the discovered well about its
dimensions and position, the design of the big steps—made by the same granite used
for the pavilion stylobate—was redefined with a centre in the ancient well that today
is visible thanks to a glass covering.
The pavilion is a covered construction provided by seats for the waiting and
rendezvous. This kind of traditional building has been placed along north–south
direction, becoming the support of amorphous photovoltaic surfaces, able to produce
enough electricity to light its illumination system during the night. To complete the
empty area on the north side, created by the demolitions, a services building, is
located in front of the new pavilion, provided of public washroom.
For achieving the complete results and make the Gate free from every kind
of encroachment—for instance the “crowd” of overhead cables running along the
place—preliminary to its conservation works, it was necessary to improve and reorganize all the infrastructure system in the vicinity; i.e. the telecommunication and
the electric power distribution infrastructure, the water supply system, the natural
gas distribution, the sewage disposal and the storm water drainage systems (Wang
et al. 2011), all of them replaced with underground lines.
The Haram Gate project achieved an exemplary conservation intervention in a
field which is strategic for a country rich of monuments. The conservation and the
strengthening techniques answered to the problems of decay and instability that were
causing the serious state of deterioration of the building. The theoretical approaches
and the technical solutions provided, in line with the most advanced methods of
restoration in the international scenario, allowed to reach an expected result in term
of intervention quality.
In accordance to the same considerations, it should be read the second component
of the project which has been fulfilled with the completion of the Musafir Khana
renovation. The building is an important historical legacy of the inner city of Multan
and it is located in a strategic area characterized by several Holy Sites. The symbolic,
historic and cultural importance of the Musa Pak complex makes it one of the most
significant and representative within the historical core of Multan.
The third component taken into consideration by the Multan Walled City initiative
is the Sarafa Bazaar project, the only one among those planned not yet completed,
for which, however, all the materials necessary for the working phase have been
totally finalized. The relevant portion of the Sarafa Bazaar project extends from
Musafir Khana to the North. The bazaar, in accordance with its commercial nature,
presents at the ground floor spaces used for shops and on the upper floors are located
laboratory and dwellings.
The aim of the project is to bring order to the bazaar through a general arrangement
able to represent both the local tradition and the necessary innovation in infrastructures, tourism improvement and energy saving.