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 THE 76 HOUSES:

20. Rongda House

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Facade Being completed THF co-director Pimpim de Azeredo on the restored wooden railing.

 

Rongda House was built by the noble Rongda family in the 1930s. The present leader of the THF Arga team, Ms Trasil-la, laid Arga on the roof of Rongda as a young girl. Rongda House, home to 17 families, was completely rehabilitated and refurbished by THF within 8 months from late 1998 to July 1999, funded by the Royal Dutch Embassy in Beijing. The tenants have since moved back, and the work has received favorable reviews both from the government and from the Barkor resident community.

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Facade - North elevation Courtyard - West elevation

 

Pictures taken November - December 1998 by I. Alsop:

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Inspecting the work: to the left, Jon Harrison;  in hat, master builder Chimo Migmar-la view of both storeys adjusting an hydraulic jack inspecting a pillar

 

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l to r: John Harrison,
Chimo Migmar-la, Andre Alexander
John Harrison Andre Alexander, John Harrison visitor Frances Howland records an upper-storey detail

 

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In the carpentry workshop at work detail of an upper storey post and lintel

 

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view from an upper story window, showing the arga-ladies at work
on the roof of  Tadongshar across the alleyway

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