Building with earth is usually regarded as a 'non-engineered' construction technique with roots in a rich tradition of building heritage that needs to be maintained.
This paper shows how a combined toponymic-material approach can provide a more comprehensive analysis of commemorative processes and heritage construction at two German-founded towns in the American Midwest: New Ulm, Minnesota, and Eudora, Kansas.
The authors conducted a deep analysis and survey on the stratigraphy of the building, and they emphasise the importance of the knowledge of historical layers and construction techniques in heritage buildings, specifically for structural elements.
In such situations, the reinforcement or rehabilitation of the damaged existing structures have been, often, more attractive or desirable than replacing it with a new construction due to heritage, economic and environmental reasons [2].
Moreover, structural health monitoring techniques can be particularly interesting for heritage constructions assessment, because they allow a real-time analysis of the structural properties, and the collected data can be used as support of safety maintenance.
Its purpose is to produce a parametric smart object library that can be used both for buildings in Jeddah (specific materials, common material degradations, local construction techniques) and for heritage buildings in general.
Safdie employs five full-time modelmakers, and he examines every detail of their productions... Recently, Safdie has been travelling every few months to Punjab, India, to supervise the construction of the Sikh-heritage museum he designed.
Offering key insights into critical debates on the construction, management and destruction of heritage in Muslim contexts, this volume considers how Islamic heritages are constructed through texts and practices which award heritage value.
Naomi's research focuses on the Portuguese Jewish heritage and the construction of a modern marrano identity.
Given that the 1920s French-style construction falls under a cultural heritage protection order, great care was taken to maintain original features.
