Creative Space,Vol. 7, No. 1, July 2019, pp. 45–56 Vol.-7 | No.-1 | July 2019 Creative Space Journal homepage: https://cs.chitkara.edu.in/ Analyzing the Values in the Built Heritage of Chettinadu Region, Tamil Nadu, India Seetha RajivKumar1 and Thirumaran Kesavaperumal2 1Department of Architecture, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India Email:
[email protected] ARTICLE INFORMATION ABSTRACT Received: June 18, 2019 Chettinadu, a region in southern India, is situated in Tamil Nadu State 32 km from the west coast of Revised: June 27, 2019 the Bay of Bengal with a total area of 1,550 square kilometers in the heart of Tamil Nadu. The built Accepted: July 5, 2019 heritage of Chettinadu is an irreplaceable cultural resource giving it a unique identity and character. In the tentative list of UNESCO 2014, the Chettinadu region has been classified into three clusters based Published online: July 11, 2019 on their Outstanding Universal Values and this provides a framework for our research.The region has experienced a tremendous amount of change from its original design and the old buildings are mirrors of the procession of history and culture that together have formed the heritage of the town. Well known Keywords: for its palatial mansions with their unique architectural style, the conservation of old buildings is a must Built Heritage, Architectural Values, Cultural in retaining the character of the city. In this paper we studied the historical background of heritage Values, Environmental Values, Chettinadu areas and buildings in the Chettinadu region and attempted to establish the values in the built heritage by means of a selected set of variables.