Proceedings of the International Course Ceramic Materials in Building Heritage: conservation problems and intervention

Trabajos presentados en el International Course Ceramic Materials in Building Heritage (conservation problems and intervention), celebrado en Madrid el 29 y 30 de junio de 2016.

Edited by Elena Mercedes Pérez Monserrat (IGEO), Natalia Pérez Ema (YOCOCU España) and Pilar Rubiales Fuentes (YOCOCU España).

Ceramic material is certainly a key element in the cultural heritage, particularly in historical buildings, from antiquity to the present. Ceramics applied to architecture involves specific problems when addressing preservation, as well as conservation and restoration interventions. Knowledge about the origin and selection of suitable raw materials and better understanding of the technology used for the manufacture of ceramic parts involves important implications for the conservation of these materials. This course is coordinated and co-organized by YOUTH IN CONSERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE Association YOCOCU-Spain, co-organized by Geosciences Institute IGEO (CSIC, UCM), Spanish Society of Ceramics and Glass.(SECV) and the Ceramic and Glass Institute (ICV), sponsored by ECERS, the Journal of European Ceramic Society Trust and SECV. The main goal of the course is to offer a training program of short duration focused on the ceramic material used in architectural heritage, including structural and decorative elements. Raw materials and technologies used for manufacturing, alteration and decay processes, characterization techniques for study and analysis, as well as new trends in conservation treatments will be addressed.

Bruno Fabbri. Ceramic construction material in cultural heritage: typologies, manufacture and properties.-- Francisco Fernandes. Understanding the deterioration of old clay bricks.-- Mathilda Larsson Couthino. Biological colonization and biodeterioration of architectural ceramic materials.-- Mauro Francesco La Russa. Bricks and ceramics in underwater environment: Characterization and degradation.-- Manuel García Heras. Archaeometric characterization of historical ceramic materials: bricks, roofs and decorative tiles.-- Mónica Álvarez de Buergo. Non destructive techniques to measure surface properties.-- Miguel Gómez Heras. Non destructive techniques to measure bulk properties.-- Barbara Lubelli. Desalination of masonry by poulticing: laboratory research and application in the field.--Aitana Tamayo. Protective interventions and treatments in heritage buildings.-- Rob van Hees. Surface treatments for the conservation of historic masonry: blessing or risk?.-- Silvestro Ruffolo. Conservation of ceramics and bricks in underwater environment: state of art and new perspectives.-- Manuel Blanco. Preventive Conservation of Built Heritage.-- Elena Pérez Montserrat. Improving the knowledge of ceramic materials manufacture by means of analytical techniques.-- Carmen Pascual. Ceramic characterizacion of porcelain flooring tiles from La Casa del Labrador in Aranjuez (Madrid, Spain)

Peer reviewed