Nusserwanjee Building
NUSSERWANJEE BUILDING
INTRODUCTION:
This is the new building on the site of the Nusserwanjee building which was relocated to Clifton as a new wing of Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture. The old building was marked for demolition but was saved by concerned citizens and architects as a cultural heritage.
Shahid Abdulla, one of the founders of the Indus Valley School, excitedly called to say he had found a beautiful old building, right in the heart of Kharadar, which was for sale and about to be demolished. Before one could express one’s reservations about the location, he quickly added, “ We will save it and move it to the campus in Clifton.”
Although the interiors of the structure are new the overall language of the building has been maintained in the true spirit of the original structure which was a commercial and warehouse use building dedicated to Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta (7 January, 1886-1 August 1952). Nusserwanjee was the first mayor of the city and was responsible for many positive developments of Karachi, like daily road washing etc. which are still remembered today.
There are few Images of ‘NUSSERWANJEE BUILDING’ at the time Of Relocation:
REASONS: Save it from the inevitable demolition and destruction.
Provide a hands-on, once-in-a-lifetime experience to both the faculty and students, in the area of architectural conservation.
Introduce a novel method, an alternative way, to save our architectural heritage.
Finally, Through this process of giving a fresh lease of life to the building, pay tributes and homage to, and perpetuate the memory of, the Nusserwanjee family, particularly of Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta, philanthropist, theosophist, the first mayor, the architect and father of modern Karachi – and without doubt, its most outstanding citizen.
PROCEDURE:
The procedure involved the careful removal
INTRODUCTION:
This is the new building on the site of the Nusserwanjee building which was relocated to Clifton as a new wing of Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture. The old building was marked for demolition but was saved by concerned citizens and architects as a cultural heritage.
Shahid Abdulla, one of the founders of the Indus Valley School, excitedly called to say he had found a beautiful old building, right in the heart of Kharadar, which was for sale and about to be demolished. Before one could express one’s reservations about the location, he quickly added, “ We will save it and move it to the campus in Clifton.”
Although the interiors of the structure are new the overall language of the building has been maintained in the true spirit of the original structure which was a commercial and warehouse use building dedicated to Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta (7 January, 1886-1 August 1952). Nusserwanjee was the first mayor of the city and was responsible for many positive developments of Karachi, like daily road washing etc. which are still remembered today.
There are few Images of ‘NUSSERWANJEE BUILDING’ at the time Of Relocation:
REASONS: Save it from the inevitable demolition and destruction.
Provide a hands-on, once-in-a-lifetime experience to both the faculty and students, in the area of architectural conservation.
Introduce a novel method, an alternative way, to save our architectural heritage.
Finally, Through this process of giving a fresh lease of life to the building, pay tributes and homage to, and perpetuate the memory of, the Nusserwanjee family, particularly of Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta, philanthropist, theosophist, the first mayor, the architect and father of modern Karachi – and without doubt, its most outstanding citizen.
PROCEDURE:
The procedure involved the careful removal