Field trip to Luis Menezes Braganza Pereira house in Chandor

A field trip was organized for SE Civil students on 15^th March 2018. The students were taken to the Luis Menezes Braganza Pereira house in Chandor, Salcete-Goa. The house is over 450 years old and has priceless artifacts from colonial era as well as excellent Portuguese architecture. It also has a chapel containing a relic of St. Francis Xavier.

The students were given a tour of the house by Mrs.Aureia Alemao Pereira Braganza and were informed about how the house was constructed in three phases. She said the house is load bearing with walls having thickness upto even 1m in some places. The entire floor of the house rests on wooden joists which transfer their load to the walls. Students were shown the joists too which are visible from ground floor. The students were enlightened about various problems affecting the structure and what difficulties are encountered in maintaining a building like this. This field trip gave an insight to the students about the various planning aspects, construction materials and methods adopted in a load bearing structure.

A total of 47 students were present for the trip. The students were accompanied by Prof. Jeffrey Valaderes, Prof. Nadya Baracho and Prof. Madhuraj Naik.