Research of integrated preservation planning for scattered Buddhist heritages and their surrounding region

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24404021
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Town planning/Architectural planning
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: NISHIMURA YUKIO 東京大学, 先端科学技術研究センター, 教授 (20159081)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KUBOTA Aya 東京大学, 大学院工学系研究科, 特任教授 (30323520) ; NAGASE Setsuji 和歌山大学, 観光学部, 講師 (10593452) ; KUROSE Takefumi 東京大学, 大学院工学系研究科, 助教 (50597587) ; DIMMER Christian 東京大学, 先端科学技術研究センター, 助教 (00601048)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 仏教遺産 / 世界遺産 / ネパール / ルンビニ / 都市保全

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The study clarified following three points mainly by field surveys and literature reviews in Lumbini and its surrounding area including the northern India. 1) The history of Buddhist ruins, 2) the conservation effort and its evaluation through the progress of Kenzo Tange’s master plan in 1970s by United Nations and local regulations such as land-use control and building permission, and 3) the contemporary challenges, which Buddhist ruins have faced. Combining these findings, the study constructed a comprehensive conservation method for the Buddhist ruins and surrounding areas as a conclusion.

Free Research Field

工学