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Materials, Technologies and Practice in Historic Heritage Structures, 2010
Coordinators: Bostenaru-Dan Maria, Pøikryl Richard, Török Akos
Language: EnglishSubjects for Materials, Technologies and Practice in Historic...:
Publication date: 11-2014
371 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 12-2009
371 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
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One distinct feature of human society since the dawn of civilization is the systematic use of inorganic building materials, such as natural stone, unburnt and burnt soil, adobe and brick, inorganic binders like lime and cement, and reinforced concrete. Our heritage has cultural, architectural and technological value and preserving such structures is a key issue today. Planners and conservation scientists need detailed site surveys and analyses to create a database that will serve to guide subsequent actions. One factor in this knowledge base is an understanding of how historic materials were prepared and the crucial properties that influence their long-term behaviour. Any assessment of the way such materials perform must crucially be based on an understanding of the methods used for their analysis.
The editors here add to the knowledge base treating the materials used in historic structures, their properties, technology of use and conservation, and their performance in a changing environment. The book draws together 18 chapters dealing with the inorganic materials used in historic structures, such as adobe, brick, stone, mortars, concrete and plasters. The approach is complex, covering material characterisation as well as several case studies of historic structures from Europe, including Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Slovenia and Spain, and the My Sõn Temples in Vietnam. An equally important component of the book covers the analysis of materials, together with a treatment of sustainable development, such as the protection of monuments from earthquakes and climate change.
The authors are all leading international experts, drawn from a variety of backgrounds: architecture, civil engineering, conservation science, geology and material science, with close links to professional organisations such as ICOMOS or universities and research centres throughout Europe.
Audience: This book will be of interest to geologists, engineers, restorers, consulting engineers, designers and other professionals dealing with cultural heritage and sustainable development. Also graduate students in applied geo-science (mineralogy, geochemistry, petrology), architecture and civil engineering will find interesting information in this book.
Chapters on concrete, which are not included in the other books
Chapters relating to more recent information on materials in conservation, also those used for conservation, not only those to be conserved (FRP)
Combines the view from natural sciences and the architect's view in conservation
More condensed information on the various materials than the numerous volumes edited/written by others
More coherent approach including only wall materials and excluding timber and metal
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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