Preserving the historical value and thermal properties of renovated buildings: The case of reconstructed town houses in Kosice, Slovakia

The restoration of monuments is of great interest, leading to more architecturally significant designs. Many promising approaches to building design foster a symbiosis of the old and the new. The paper examines the compromises between the structural and physical properties of a historic building int...

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Main Authors: Dušan Katunský, Jana Katunská, Erika Dolníková, Kristián Hutkai
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Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2024-12-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095263524000724
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Kristián Hutkai
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description The restoration of monuments is of great interest, leading to more architecturally significant designs. Many promising approaches to building design foster a symbiosis of the old and the new. The paper examines the compromises between the structural and physical properties of a historic building intended for renovation, which has already undergone several renovations. Due to the limited optimization possibilities at specific levels of the renovation project, diagnostics were used during the examination of proposals. Part of the diagnostics involves measuring thermal conditions, as well as temperatures on the internal and external surfaces of the building envelopes. The study demonstrates how the properties of the outer shell affect thermal insulation and suggests methods for architects, planners and preservationists to preserve the structural forms of the facade. The goal was to show that, despite the absence of a new thermal insulation layer on the outside of the building, the standard requirements are not violated. On the inner surface of the envelope walls, the temperature does not drop below the critical value for mould growth. Additionally, there are examples of modifications to the original details and their shape after the restoration of this building.
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spelling doaj-art-afdb6a4b5eff484e90a6a9463c5082172024-11-20T05:06:41ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Frontiers of Architectural Research2095-26352024-12-0113611851197Preserving the historical value and thermal properties of renovated buildings: The case of reconstructed town houses in Kosice, SlovakiaDušan Katunský0Jana Katunská1Erika Dolníková2Kristián Hutkai3Corresponding author.; Institute of Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Košice, Košice, SlovakiaInstitute of Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Košice, Košice, SlovakiaInstitute of Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Košice, Košice, SlovakiaInstitute of Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Košice, Košice, SlovakiaThe restoration of monuments is of great interest, leading to more architecturally significant designs. Many promising approaches to building design foster a symbiosis of the old and the new. The paper examines the compromises between the structural and physical properties of a historic building intended for renovation, which has already undergone several renovations. Due to the limited optimization possibilities at specific levels of the renovation project, diagnostics were used during the examination of proposals. Part of the diagnostics involves measuring thermal conditions, as well as temperatures on the internal and external surfaces of the building envelopes. The study demonstrates how the properties of the outer shell affect thermal insulation and suggests methods for architects, planners and preservationists to preserve the structural forms of the facade. The goal was to show that, despite the absence of a new thermal insulation layer on the outside of the building, the standard requirements are not violated. On the inner surface of the envelope walls, the temperature does not drop below the critical value for mould growth. Additionally, there are examples of modifications to the original details and their shape after the restoration of this building.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095263524000724Historic buildingReconstructionBuilding restorationHistorical monumentHistorical survey
spellingShingle Dušan Katunský
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Erika Dolníková
Kristián Hutkai
Preserving the historical value and thermal properties of renovated buildings: The case of reconstructed town houses in Kosice, Slovakia
Frontiers of Architectural Research
Historic building
Reconstruction
Building restoration
Historical monument
Historical survey
title Preserving the historical value and thermal properties of renovated buildings: The case of reconstructed town houses in Kosice, Slovakia
title_full Preserving the historical value and thermal properties of renovated buildings: The case of reconstructed town houses in Kosice, Slovakia
title_fullStr Preserving the historical value and thermal properties of renovated buildings: The case of reconstructed town houses in Kosice, Slovakia
title_full_unstemmed Preserving the historical value and thermal properties of renovated buildings: The case of reconstructed town houses in Kosice, Slovakia
title_short Preserving the historical value and thermal properties of renovated buildings: The case of reconstructed town houses in Kosice, Slovakia
title_sort preserving the historical value and thermal properties of renovated buildings the case of reconstructed town houses in kosice slovakia
topic Historic building
Reconstruction
Building restoration
Historical monument
Historical survey
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095263524000724
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