Renovation Planning Strategy to Prevent Building

Renovation Planning Strategy to Prevent Building - A Case Study

Nowogońska, Beata

Failure to carry out repair work is an extremely important factor in causing further damage to buildings. A damaged element can cause a threat to the structural stability of the building, a threat to the lives of the occupants, further damage to the building by damaging subsequent elements. The aim of this article is to analyse the consequences of abandoning repair work and to present a repair strategy resulting from these consequences. The article presents the problems associated with the abandonment of renovation works of damaged elements. A classification of the consequences of the abandonment of renovation for historic buildings is developed. Buildings that have not been used for a long time are degraded, the lack of preservation very often resulting in their partial or even complete destruction. The progressive degradation of buildings is mainly due to human negligence, the lack of effective and continuous renovation. A method has been developed to determine the order in which the necessary renovation work to save the building should be carried out. The problem of neglected renovation was presented using the example of the palace building in Studzieniec. The building was constructed in the 16th century, at that time it served a defensive function and, after reconstruction in 1786, a representative and residential function. During the Second World War and the liberation in 1945, the manor house survived intact, although the interiors were looted. No renovation was carried out after the Second World War and this is the main reason for the degradation of the building.