Overview | Scope of Work

The perimeter galleries surrounding the temples are comprised of linear carved stone colonnades that had degraded due to jungle swallowing up the entire site since the original construction in the 12th century. Many galleries either collapsed or nearing collapse with stone elements damaged. We designed a hydraulic shoring system that would allow for the disassembly of the existing gallery, laying of tracks on the plinth and allowing the stone setter to set stone on the shored form. A small gantry crane was designed to hoist the stone up to the shoring system. Ultimately the World Monument Fund and the local team decided that although the design of the system would be highly efficient it would reduce the required manpower and economic impact. We revised the design to utilize a manual shoring system in concert with the gantry rigging.

Angkor Wat
Siem Reap, Cambodia

Client

World Monument Fund
New York, New York USA

Architects

Khmer Dynasty