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Book SynopsisStudies, repairs and maintenance of heritage architecture are becoming increasingly important in modern society. The rapid growth recently experienced in many regions of the world has added a particular urgency to the need to preserve our built cultural heritage. This requires the collaboration of different parties including not only architects, engineers and scientists but also artists, socio-economic professionals and all other stakeholders to ensure the effective integration of the rehabilitated buildings within the community. Comprising specially selected papers, this book addresses a series of topics related to the historical aspects and reuse of heritage architecture, as well as technical issues on the structural integrity of different types of buildings. Restoration processes require the appropriate characterisation of materials, the modes of construction and the structural behaviour of the building. Modern computer simulation can provide accurate results demonstrating the stress state of the building and possible failure mechanisms affecting its stability. Equally important are studies related to their dynamic and earthquake behaviour, aiming to provide an assessment of the seismic vulnerability of heritage buildings. Of particular interest is the need for Heritage Building rehabilitation to conform to energy consumption reduction goals framed within climate change initiatives. It is necessary to encourage actions to improve energy efficiency, harmonised with both appropriate amounts of investment and transnational commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Table of ContentsContents Initial studies of the deformations of Val d'Aran churches; Colonial city planning in Penang with a special reference to the government buildings; Urban heritage and conservation in the historic centre of Baghdad; A methodology for the conservation of small Anatolian cities planned between 1920 and 1960; Anti-seismic presidia in the historical building of L'Aquila: the role of the wooden elements; Analysis of building systems and technological characterization of medieval shipyard; Prevention, monitoring and conservation for a smart management of the cultural heritage; Preliminary study for retrofitting of a historical wooden structure using base isolation system; Knowing to preserve: the building cognition process for the conservation of St'Anne Charterhouse, Coventry - UK; Impact of traffic vibration on the temple of Minerva Medica, Rome: preliminary study within the CO.B.RA. Project; Non-destructive evaluation of a Dieste's historical reinforced brick masonry church; Material properties of heritage wrought steel structure based on tests; A case study: restoration of historical museum in Sarajevo (1963) - a modernist ruin; Austro-Hungarian fortification in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro. Cultural heritage between value, touristic potential and extinction; `Conservation rural space' - the case of agricultural cooperative settlements and open space in Israel; Analysis of ancient ventilation and illumination practices in Anatolian Seljuk and Ottoman hospitals and suggestions for their conservation measures; The need for defence in the Alicante coast in the 16th century: the Rejas Tower; Industrial heritage in southwest Sardinia: the case of the Monteponi mine in Iglesias; Non-destructive testing of the historic timber roof structures of the National Museum in Stockholm, Sweden; The typology of the historical timber bridges of Turkey; `Augmented diagnostics' for the architectural heritage; Management and assessment of heritage buildings in the city of Havana through the prioritization of emergency actions; Security and safety management and role of laser scanning in unique and peculiar cultural heritage sites such as the Papal Basilica and the Sacred Convent of Saint Francis in Assisi in Italy; The dialogue between ancient and modern materials in the restoration of a collapsed ancient chapel; Semi-automatic generation of BIM models for cultural heritage; Sustainable conservation for historical buildings in Mediterranean cities; Assessment of large deformations on Romanesque masonry pillars: the case of Santa Maria de Arties (XII-XIII) at Valle de Aran, Spain; Italian railway stations heritage; Rejuvenating the shophouse: conservation of historical buildings in Penang's UNESCO World Heritage Site; The future of memory: the `House of the XXIV' by Fernando Tavora; Drawing for heritage dissemination. the birth of Madrid's Ciudad Universitaria Author index
