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Location Madam Waro Bungalow
Project Duration Started: November 2013, On-going.
GPS Coordinates 27.340606° N, 68.704405° E

Board Approval: 1 Nov. 2013 \ Rs. 5 million
Madam Waro Bungalow was built by Mir Faiz Muhammad for the British governess of his son Allah Bachayo. In 1960, the Government of Pakistan adapted the building for reuse as the Kot Diji branch of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), which was in use for about 37 years. In 1997, the NBP branch shifted to Kot Banglow, and the Madam Waro Bungalow was abandoned. The bungalow is a particular case in which adaptive reuse caused more harm to the original building than good

haphazard and unchecked refurbishment carried out by the NBP with unsympathetic materials like cement damaged the interior structure, and a lack of maintenance caused several walls to collapse. Externally, the brickwork was eroding and the woodwork was depleting, leaving the structure extremely unstable. The consultant engaged by EFT prepared a condition report and the drawings of the site. Mir Shabbir coordinated on behalf of Prince Mir Mehdi Raza. Thus far, Rs. 3.2 million have been spent on the project.

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