Legislation and practice: the case of historic concrete buildings

0570745 - ÚTAM 2025 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Naldini, S. - Ioannou, I. - Hadjimichael, M. - Musso, S. F. - Pompejano, F. - Dušek, Ondřej
Legislation and practice: the case of historic concrete buildings.
Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development. (2023). ISSN 2044-1266
Institutional support: RVO:68378297
Keywords : historic concrete * buildings * conservation * legislation * practice
OECD category: Materials engineering
Impact factor: 1, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1108/JCHMSD-03-2022-0048

Purpose – Only recently have historic concrete buildings received attention and the need for their protection has been understood. Their listing as architectural heritage in most countries is ruled by legislations. The research carried out within the framework of the CONSECH20 JPI project on the conservation of historic concrete buildings in the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Italy and the Netherlands has allowed to study the legislations in the four aforementioned countries and how these are brought to practice. This paper aims at the evaluation of these legislations and of their function in practice. Design/methodology/approach – The legislations have been examined focussing on the protection of historic buildings and the guidelines to achieve a correct technical conservation. These were assessed in practical situations. The situations of the four countries were studied and the parameters used allowed comparisons. Findings – Concrete buildings are at risk and the guidelines should be further developed to meet actual conservation needs, including historical and aesthetical compatibility. The re-use of listed concrete buildings often means transforming and adapting these to a variety of modern needs and norms: the complexity of this assignment asks for a multidisciplinary teamwork. The bottom-up Dutch programme for quality in conservation, striving to bring ethical and technological principles to practice, could be a sound basis for
developing respectful conservation strategies of heritage concrete buildings.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0342080