This paper describes the survey technique and decay analysis applied during a recent study funded by the Maltese government, to support the restoration design of the Malta walls. The surveyed walls refer to Valletta and Birgu and have a total length of 2 Km, for a total surface of 35000 m2. As a conclusion of these large scale survey and analysis, it is possible to highlight the complex environmental and architectural context that influences the deterioration of the Maltese walls and propose a sustainable direction for restoration works. Starting from the study results, the paper aims to focus the importance of the relationship existing between deterioration survey and architectural analysis within conservation process; highlighting the limit of the widespread practice of considering the possibility of a direct correspondence between degradation phenomena and restoration work.

Survey and deterioration analysis for the restoration of fortified architecture. Case study of the Malta walls / Acierno, Marta; Baratin, Laura. - STAMPA. - 4:(2016), pp. 163-170. (Intervento presentato al convegno International Conference on Modern Age Fortifications of the Mediterranean Coast. FORTMED 2016. Defensive architecture of the Mediterranean 15. to 18. centuries. tenutosi a Firenze).

Survey and deterioration analysis for the restoration of fortified architecture. Case study of the Malta walls

ACIERNO, Marta
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2016

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This paper describes the survey technique and decay analysis applied during a recent study funded by the Maltese government, to support the restoration design of the Malta walls. The surveyed walls refer to Valletta and Birgu and have a total length of 2 Km, for a total surface of 35000 m2. As a conclusion of these large scale survey and analysis, it is possible to highlight the complex environmental and architectural context that influences the deterioration of the Maltese walls and propose a sustainable direction for restoration works. Starting from the study results, the paper aims to focus the importance of the relationship existing between deterioration survey and architectural analysis within conservation process; highlighting the limit of the widespread practice of considering the possibility of a direct correspondence between degradation phenomena and restoration work.
2016
International Conference on Modern Age Fortifications of the Mediterranean Coast. FORTMED 2016. Defensive architecture of the Mediterranean 15. to 18. centuries.
restauro; interdisciplinarità; degrado; fortificazioni; Malta
04 Pubblicazione in atti di convegno::04b Atto di convegno in volume
Survey and deterioration analysis for the restoration of fortified architecture. Case study of the Malta walls / Acierno, Marta; Baratin, Laura. - STAMPA. - 4:(2016), pp. 163-170. (Intervento presentato al convegno International Conference on Modern Age Fortifications of the Mediterranean Coast. FORTMED 2016. Defensive architecture of the Mediterranean 15. to 18. centuries. tenutosi a Firenze).
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