Forever young or ageing naturally?

Forever young or ageing naturally?

Van Hees, R.P.J.
Naldini, S.

Architecture and the Built Environment

2014-12-31

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 nomination of 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 take decisions. Cases will be discussed to derive at some criteria to base interventions upon, seeking a balance between mere preventive conservation and rejuvenating practices.

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DCMat Ageing Centre

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AMS 14: Proceedings of the 1st Ageing of Materials & Structures Conference, Delft, The Netherlands, 26-28 May 2014

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