Facades of Krakow’s townhouses from the turn of the 19th and 20th century – protection and restoration
Authors:
- Beata Makowska
Abstract
The facades of the Krakow’s townhouses from the turn of the 19th and 20th century are of major historic value. Unfortunately, some of them have not undergone any conservation works for years, resulting in severe damage. Wooden window and door frames have be en particularly affected. Many of the original wooden elements have been replaced with new ones. Also entry gates with stained glass structures placed in fanlights, steelwork, such as balustrades and bars have suffered. Very often the doors are damaged in the lower parts and near the handles, and in many cases they have simply been replaced with new ones when intercoms were installed. Superstructures are yet another problem attic and garret adaptations involving modifications regarding the window size. Unfortunately, sometimes the new and the old elements do not match harmoniously. Original paint with rich texture is often covered with oil paint. Styrofoam wall insulation changes the size of the details embedded in or attached to the plane of the wall. The aim of the paper is to emphasize the importance of preserving the original window and door woodwork, including their original layout and colour, renovating historic details and decorations, making the right choices with respect to roofing materials and the colours of the renovated paint. The paper presents several case studies of successful townhouse renovation carried out recently in Krakow (Poland).
- Record ID
- CUTf0e8a698f9e24af1a125d1e0c15370ed
- Publication categories
- ; ;
- Author
- Pages
- 122-130
- Other elements of collation
- fot.; Bibliografia (na s.) - 129-130; Bibliografia (liczba pozycji) - 5; Oznaczenie streszczenia - Abstr.
- Substantive notes
- Abstr. dostępny również na stronie konfer. w ks. abstr., s. 36, ID 023
- Book
- Bello Giovanni, Giovanni Bello Ciambrone Alessandro, Alessandro Ciambrone Di Bennardo Maria Luigia Maria Luigia Di Bennardo (eds.): World Heritage and Knowledge : Representation, Restoration, Redesign, Resilience : Le Vie dei Mercanti – XVI International Forum, Napoli, Capri 14-15-16 June 2018, Architecture, Heritage and Design, no. 2, 2018, [Roma], [Gangemi Editore SpA International Publishing], ISBN 978-88-492-3633-0
- Keywords in English
- Krakow's townhouses, architectural detail, restoration, heritage protection
- URL
- http://www.leviedeimercanti.it/proceedings-xvi-forum/ Opening in a new tab
- Language
- eng (en) English
- License
- Score (nominal)
- 5
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://cris.pk.edu.pl/info/article/CUTf0e8a698f9e24af1a125d1e0c15370ed/
- URN
urn:pkr-prod:CUTf0e8a698f9e24af1a125d1e0c15370ed
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