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

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Top Left<br />

Door and window frame weakening:<br />

This detail of a timber window<br />

frame separated from the surrounding<br />

brick wall showed the poor<br />

condition of the temple’s timber<br />

elements, which suffered from<br />

rot due <strong>to</strong> water leakage and were<br />

structurally compromised.<br />

November 2011<br />

Top Right<br />

Joists in taleju <strong>to</strong>wer roof were<br />

rotten and poorly spaced and had<br />

<strong>to</strong> be removed. The Trust replaced<br />

them with new joists in the correct<br />

his<strong>to</strong>rical configuration.<br />

Rohit Ranjitkar, May 2015<br />

Bot<strong>to</strong>m Left<br />

Weight redistribution: This pho<strong>to</strong><br />

shows the sagging of Taleju’s lower<br />

level roof beams, which had become<br />

<strong>to</strong>o weak <strong>to</strong> bear the load of<br />

the agam above. The Trust recommended<br />

introducing additional<br />

support beams <strong>to</strong> safely transfer the<br />

weight <strong>to</strong> the structure below.<br />

November 2011<br />

Bot<strong>to</strong>m Right<br />

Emergency shoring. The Trust<br />

rapidly installed emergency vertical<br />

timbers <strong>to</strong> support the floor of<br />

Taleju’s shrine room above. The implementation<br />

of a sound structural<br />

strengthening system was imperative<br />

and urgent, as the floors could<br />

no longer withstand any seismic<br />

movement.<br />

November 2011<br />

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