76Houses:27.Labrang Nyingba

THE 76 HOUSES:

27. Labrang Nyingba

THF emergency repairs

Labrang Nyingba - 1998

A spectacular building that served as home to Tsongkapa and to the Fifth Dalai Lama at different periods, Labrang Nyingba was restored by Lhasa City with funding from Beijing. THF was invited as consultant and to provide the necessary installations for the toilet system in the eastern wing (the western wing having been done by THF in 1998).

South elevation/Facade


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North-South and West-East section

Pictures taken November - December 1998 by I. Alsop


Labrang Nyingba entrance from across the street	entrance	interior view

From The 1999 Annual Report:

Upgrading the eastern wing's toilet system (western wing was upgraded in 1998): $374.

THF was invited to advise and contribute to government restoration projects in Lhasa. One million Renminbi were provided by the National Cultural Relics Ministry Beijing, and apart from the restoration of Samdup Podrang on the southern part of the Barkor, the houses Labrang Nyingba, Mindrochang and Rizur West were rehabilitated by government companies. THF provided some planning input, and added to the work by building a second modern toilet system for Labrang Nyingba, another one for Mindrochang, and connecting them to sewers. In addition, THF mural consultant Uli Eltgen saved a number of 17th-century murals in Labrang Nyingba.

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