Memory, Imagination, and Resistance in Canada’s Prison for Women

A group of women who were incarcerated at Canada’s first federal Prison for Women (P4W) have been fighting to create a memorial garden since the prison closed in 2000. In 2017, the prison was sold to a private developer who plans to convert the historic building and grounds into condos, retail, and office space. What does it mean to remember the dead, and to fight for the living, at a time when neoliberal common sense demands the efficient conversion of a place of suffering and death into a “heritage building” on “prime real estate”? How might a collective practice of radical imagination help to resist the commodification of memory into a tourist attraction or an aesthetic improvement of private property? And what is the relation between memory, healing, and accountability in a place where state violence, gender domination, and settler colonialism intersect?

Implementación de HBIM en patrimonio arquitectónico. Estudio del caso de La iglesia de la Sang de Llíria

La tecnología BIM gana terreno en diferentes disciplinas ajenas a la obra nueva. Es el caso de los levantamientos arquitectónicos de edificios patrimoniales, metodología conocida como HBIM (Historic Building Information Modeling). Con esta herramienta, que facilita el levantamiento arquitectónico, se obtiene un modelo de información del bien con menor error y mayor exactitud que el realizado con tecnologías convencionales. Con el elevado grado de información que permite esta metodología, se realiza el modelado de diferentes fases históricas de la iglesia de La Sang de Llíria de la que no existen representaciones gráficas tridimensionales hasta la fecha. Se utiliza como base una nube de puntos obtenida con escáner láser. La intención es involucrar el uso de herramientas BIM en la datación y representación de fases históricas del bien, exponer sus ventajas en la obtención de simulaciones de las fases, datarlas dentro de un periodo concreto y relacionar la información.

The influence of ground slab permeability on wall moisture in a historic buildingThe influence of ground slab permeability on wall moisture in a historic buildingThe influence of ground slab permeability on wall moisture in a historic buildingThe influence of ground slab permeability on wall moisture in a historic building

When impermeable ground bearing slabs are installed in old buildings without a damp-proof course, it is a common belief of practitioners within the conservation industry that ground moisture will be ‘driven’ up adjacent walls by capillary action. However, there is limited evidence to test this hypothesis. The accumulation of moisture in walls can promote the decay of the wall materials, decrease the thermal performance of the building envelope and adversely affect the comfort and health of occupants. An experiment was used to determine if the installation of a vapour-proof barrier above a stone flag floor in a historic building would increase moisture content levels in an adjacent stone rubble wall. This was achieved by undertaking measurements of wall, soil and atmospheric moisture content over a three-year period. Measurements taken using timber dowels showed that the moisture content within the wall did not vary in response to wall evaporation rates and did not increase following the installation of a vapour-proof barrier above the floor. This indicates that the moisture levels in the rubble wall were not driven by capillary rise.

Discussion on the Humanistic Landscape after the Transformation of Jingdezhen Old Porcelain Factory

History contains memories and homesickness. In urban development, we should innovate ideas, protect and make good use of them, integrate with the new pace of urban development and meet the growing cultural needs of the broad masses of the people. Jingdezhen Old Porcelain Factory, as a historic building, played an important role in the development of ceramic industrialization in the last century. How to effectively transform, present a suitable and livable cultural landscape, and make effective use of the left Industrial Relics is particularly important.

NEW TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS IN UPGRADING HISTORIC BUILDING TO STANDARD OF NEARLY ZERO-ENERGY BUILDING. EXAMPLE OF TENEMENT HOUSE IN POZNAŃ

This article aims at discussing the issue of relation between an existing historic building and modern technology, which may lead to upgrading the historic building to parameters of a nearly zeroenergy building. It focuses on the possibility to adjust the facility to contemporary forms of using without considerable prejudice to its historic substance and identity, on contrary, with due respect for the old tissue in the context of NZEB parametrisation. The adjustment refers to innovative solutions allowing upgrade of the building by using the most effective technologies based on renewable energy, improved power efficiency of the structure, technical equipment, exterior and interior cladding and meeting requirements connected with minimum global cost in the life cycle assessment of the building.

Assessment of the Energy Demands for Heating in an Historic Building. Case Study: Renewal of a Functionalist Building of the Infectious Diseases Pavilion in Topoľčany, Slovakia

The case study seeks an optimal solution for preserving the cultural values of a functionalist building so that it fulfils the legislative essence of the protection of a historic building and, at the same time, contributes to the improvement of its thermophysical properties. The paper focuses on the degree of the application of energy performance requirements for the adaptive reuse of a historic building. The efforts to preserve cultural values (architectural, aesthetic, the value of the authenticity of an area and its building constructions, etc.) in legally protected buildings often do not permit the application of building construction processes such as those used in ordinary older buildings. The research responds to a situation where a building with historic values, built in a functionalist style (the 1940s), permits variants of the surface treatment of the facade so as to not disturb the essential stylistic values of that facade and, at the same time, reduce its energy demands to the required value. Heat demands for heating have a significant effect on the energy needs for heating and thus on the overall energy need of a building. The heat demands depend on the efficiency and quality of the thermal protection in buildings. In the case of cultural monuments, the calculation of the thermophysical properties of building structures forms the basis for determining the heating and cooling demands. Building structures and their elements that form the building envelope must meet current and demanding thermophysical requirements in accordance with the applicable standards, if technically and economically feasible. When restoring cultural monuments in the Slovak Republic, it is not required to meet requirements for energy efficiency. On the other hand, it is necessary to verify the thermophysical requirements in accordance with the applicable standards in each specific case. The paper responds to a continuing interdisciplinary discussion on this topic. The analysis is conducted within the scope of the KEGA 016STU-4/2017 project.

Visual reconstruction of Novopokrovskaya Church in Rostov-on-Don

The article analyses the graphic reconstruction of the lost Novopokrovskaya Church in Rosov-on-Don by architect N. M. Sokolov. The goal was to carry out visual reconstruction of the lost historic building on the basis of historical and archival studying of documents and extant images, as well as field studies. The history of the construction of the Novopokrovskaya Church was studied. The visual reconstruction of the church lost in the modern urban environment was carried out.

Towards Differentiated Energy Renovation Strategies for Heritage-Designated Multifamily Building Stocks

The historic building stock is not homogeneous, which implies a need for differentiated energy renovation strategies in order to balance energy efficiency requirements and building conservation goals. This paper presents a new method for developing a base for differentiated energy renovation strategies for heritage-classified multifamily building stocks. Our suggested method combines different building databases using an extract, transform and load (ETL) technology. The method for this study was tested on the available information for heritage-designated and -classified multifamily buildings in the municipality of Stockholm, Sweden, and in the county of Halland, Sweden. The two cases reflect the heterogeneity of the Swedish Building stock. An important achievement is that the results visualise the relationship, not detectable before, between energy use, energy performance, year of construction and heritage classification within each of the selected building stocks. A specific result is that the energy-saving potential in the older building stock is insignificant in relation to the entire stock. The results contribute to an improved understanding of relationships both within and between the two historic building stocks, which is useful for developing differentiated energy renovation strategies.