Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
The Processes of Visitor Impact Assessment
The National Trust has the responsibility both to preserve historic properties together with their contents and to make them accessible to the public. Opening historic properties inevitably contributes to their deterioration, and it is the aim, therefore, to maximize the life of these non-renewable resources with the minimum adverse effect on visitor access and enjoyment. The impact of the visiting public on the contents, fixtures and fittings of historic properties has long been recognized and appropriate precautions taken, and this policy is now being extended to include the building fabric itself.
Research was initiated as a doctorate thesis at the Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, University College, London. The aim of these studies was to establish whether visitor-induced vibrations accelerated the ageing of surface and structural elements in proportion to their frequency and intensity when considering the durations for which they are experienced.
From these investigations, and on the premise that opening a building to the visiting public constitutes a change in the way it is used, a framework has been designed to help management teams identify vulnerable elements without preconceptions. It is concluded that the data collected will enable the nature of the relationships between visitor access and conservation to be accurately addressed by either algorithmic or graphical representation. Such processes provide a framework that will ensure a collaborative understanding of the factors that affect the operation of these buildings.
The Processes of Visitor Impact Assessment
The National Trust has the responsibility both to preserve historic properties together with their contents and to make them accessible to the public. Opening historic properties inevitably contributes to their deterioration, and it is the aim, therefore, to maximize the life of these non-renewable resources with the minimum adverse effect on visitor access and enjoyment. The impact of the visiting public on the contents, fixtures and fittings of historic properties has long been recognized and appropriate precautions taken, and this policy is now being extended to include the building fabric itself.
Research was initiated as a doctorate thesis at the Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, University College, London. The aim of these studies was to establish whether visitor-induced vibrations accelerated the ageing of surface and structural elements in proportion to their frequency and intensity when considering the durations for which they are experienced.
From these investigations, and on the premise that opening a building to the visiting public constitutes a change in the way it is used, a framework has been designed to help management teams identify vulnerable elements without preconceptions. It is concluded that the data collected will enable the nature of the relationships between visitor access and conservation to be accurately addressed by either algorithmic or graphical representation. Such processes provide a framework that will ensure a collaborative understanding of the factors that affect the operation of these buildings.
The Processes of Visitor Impact Assessment
Thomas, Paul (Autor:in) / Seeley, Nigel (Autor:in) / O'Sullivan, Patrick (Autor:in)
Journal of Architectural Conservation ; 3 ; 67-84
01.01.1997
18 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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