Karachi Old Buildings
Karachi, as a port city and the most cosmopolitan city, with its diverse communities and vast attributes, contains a unique reservoir of British Period shared architecture.
Heritage Foundation began the first studies of Karachi heritage during the early 1980s and has been instrumental in saving a large number of heritage treasures of the city.
By cataloguing and publishing almost 600 structures of the city and spearheading the draft of the legislation Sindh Cultural Heritage (Preservation) Act, 1994, Heritage Foundation was able to get protection to a large number of heritage sites of the city. The publication of the documents, the major reference book The Dual City: Karachi During the Raj by Yasmeen Lari and Mihail Lari, and the Karachi Heritage Guide brought about large scale awareness regarding the heritage of Karachi.
During 2001, through the formation of KaravanKarachi (later KaravanPakistan), large scale heritagefests or street assemblies brought into focus the importance of heritage in fostering peace in a strife torn city.
Denso Hall Conservation
The work of Denso Hall conservation was taken up in collaboration with the City Government and Karachi Electric Supply Company in 2010.
Denso Hall is located in the heart of Old Karachi. Historically, it is of extreme significance. Designed by James Strachan, the Municipality Engineer, it was built in Indo-Gothic style using buff coloured Gizri stone. During the British Period, it was among the first buildings to be built for natives as a reading room and hall.
The roots of the city can be traced to Alexander as one of his Krokalas.
The objective was to bring the hall back for the enjoyment of the general public by creating a Karachi Heritage Gallery.
At the time the building was occupied by the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board. With the help of the Deputy Mayor Karachi, Ms. Nasreen Jalil and the civil administration, the offices were moved from the building and conservation work was initiated.
The work is likely to be resumed in the near future to complete the conservation work and open the building to the public.
Karachi, as a port city and the most cosmopolitan city, with its diverse communities and vast attributes, contains a unique reservoir of British Period shared architecture.
Heritage Foundation began the first studies of Karachi heritage during the early 1980s and has been instrumental in saving a large number of heritage treasures of the city.
By cataloguing and publishing almost 600 structures of the city and spearheading the draft of the legislation Sindh Cultural Heritage (Preservation) Act, 1994, Heritage Foundation was able to get protection to a large number of heritage sites of the city. The publication of the documents, the major reference book The Dual City: Karachi During the Raj by Yasmeen Lari and Mihail Lari, and the Karachi Heritage Guide brought about large scale awareness regarding the heritage of Karachi.
During 2001, through the formation of KaravanKarachi (later KaravanPakistan), large scale heritagefests or street assemblies brought into focus the importance of heritage in fostering peace in a strife torn city.
Denso Hall Conservation
The work of Denso Hall conservation was taken up in collaboration with the City Government and Karachi Electric Supply Company in 2010.
Denso Hall is located in the heart of Old Karachi. Historically, it is of extreme significance. Designed by James Strachan, the Municipality Engineer, it was built in Indo-Gothic style using buff coloured Gizri stone. During the British Period, it was among the first buildings to be built for natives as a reading room and hall.
The roots of the city can be traced to Alexander as one of his Krokalas.
The objective was to bring the hall back for the enjoyment of the general public by creating a Karachi Heritage Gallery.
At the time the building was occupied by the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board. With the help of the Deputy Mayor Karachi, Ms. Nasreen Jalil and the civil administration, the offices were moved from the building and conservation work was initiated.
The work is likely to be resumed in the near future to complete the conservation work and open the building to the public.
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