Sacrificial Protection for Architectural Heritage Conservation and Preliminary Approaches to Restore Historic Fair-Faced Brick Façades in China

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ID13033010
AuthorsShibing Dai (0000-0002-1674-7497, Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning and Design Institute, corresponding author), Yan Zhong (0000-0003-2412-043X, Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning and Design Institute)
Year2019
Volume3
Issue1
Pages37-46
Publication date2019-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBuilt Heritage (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2096-3041 • E-ISSN: 2662-6802
PublisherSpringer Nature (PUBLISHER • SG)
DOI10.1186/bf03545734
OpenAlexW3030068144
LanguageEN
Citations received3

Sacrificial protection is a kind of active preventive intervention to conserve authentic fabric of architectural heritage, especially surfaces. This paper investigates the term of sacrificial protection and technical options, summarising that sacrificial plasters, shelter coating and plastic repair or re-pointing are three proven sacrificial protection measurements to conserve architectural surfaces. Two case studies show the preliminary approaches with help of sacrificial protection concept to restore historic fair-faced brick façades in China. Sacrificial protection concept did not originate from Chinese conservation practices, but it provides new prospects for sustainable conservation and revitalisation of architectural heritage. The implementation of sacrificial protection is still limited and more scientific studies are needed although most of approaches are traditional

Archaeology · Architectural engineering · Brick · China · Civil engineering · Cultural heritage · Forensic engineering · Geography · Political science · Building materials and conservation · Conservation Techniques and Studies · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Engineering · Law · Architecture

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