KVPT’s Patan Darbar Earthquake Response Campaign - Work to Date - September 2016

their original columns.
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Traditional Newari assembly of a post, lintel and beam. The
Newari expressions for the various elements are: 1. ilohan
(dressed natural stone), 2. lakansin (wooden threshold), 3.
than (wooden post), 4. mehta (wooden bracket/capital), 5. nina
(lintel), 6. dhalin (beam), 7. sa (peg).
Source: Wolfgang Korn: The Traditional Architecture of the
Kathmandu Valley, 1976, 106.
Inner Columns
The four inner columns that used to support the joists
remain intact. Due to rising damp, the lower sections of
the four inner columns were rotten. These load-bearing
elements will need special reinforcement.
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Patan, 24 March 2016
The four inner columns have to
be restored. Their lower parts are
rotten, must be replaced, and need
special reinforcement.
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