Title
Forever young or ageing naturally?
Author
van Hees, R.P.J.
Naldini, S.
Publication year
2017
Abstract
Age and ageing can be felt as negative occurrences. For monuments, however, old age is traditionally considered to be a positive quality. Without a certain age, the designation "monument" hardly applies. Ageing can be seen as the work of time, which has always been valued: ageing was sometimes even artificially induced in the past. In this paper, we will discuss the meaning of ageing in monumental buildings. The fact that, in the case of interventions in monuments, a perpetual service life is strived for, but restoration ethics clearly put limitations on what can be done can lead to dilemmas and can make it difficult to make decisions. Cases will be discussed to derive some criteria to base interventions upon, seeking a balance between merely preventive conservation and rejuvenating practices. © Springer International Publishing AG 2018.
Subject
2015 Fluid & Solid Mechanics
SR - Structural Reliability
TS - Technical Sciences
Buildings and Infrastructures
Architecture and Building
2015 Urbanisation
Ageing
Monuments
Preventive conservation
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70194-3_11
TNO identifier
788266
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
ISBN
9783319701943
Source
The Ageing of Materials and Structures: Towards Scientific Solutions for the Ageing of Our Assets, 141-152
Document type
bookPart