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    Heritage building’s condition at maintenance campaign in San Roque, Cuenca - Ecuador
    (CRC PRESS/BALKEMA, 2016-09-13) Achig Balarezo, María Cecilia; Barsallo Chavez, María Gabriela; Briones Orellana, Juan Carlos; Cardoso Martinez, Fausto Adrian
    The condition assessment of heritage buildings in the Historic Center of the city of Cuenca, Ecuador (World Heritage City), which is an essential element within the process of conservation, has historically been done in a rather subjective manner. This research project’s objective is to present a methodology that contributes to the determination, in an objective manner, of the building’s condition through the damage register. The information and experience obtained from the maintenance campaign in a traditional neighborhood in Cuenca, San Roque, is used as input. This project was a vlir CPM (City Preservation Management) initiative. It took place in 2014 with the support of among others the University of Cuenca, the Municipality and the local state government. Currently the results of the maintenance campaign are being evaluated. With the gathered information, it is possible to generate comparative analyses and determine the building’s condition, with its conservation as its aim.
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    Strategies for the management of built heritage linked to maintenance and monitoring. case study of the san roque neighborhood, Cuenca, Ecuador
    (INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING, 2017-08-28) Achig Balarezo, María Cecilia; Amaya, J; Barsallo Chavez, María Gabriela; Briones Orellana, Juan Carlos; Vázquez, L
    The rehabilitation of heritage sites, as well as the implementation of monitoring and control strategies is fundamental for its conservation. In the case of Cuenca, a World Heritage City, a maintenance campaign in the traditional neighborhood of San Roque was carried out in 2014. The objective was to undertake maintenance actions on roofs and façades as well as on elements at risk. The campaign process was developed keeping in mind the cycle or phases of preventive conservation: anamnesis, diagnosis, therapy and control (ICOMOS, 2003). At the end of the maintenance campaign an impact assessment was undertaken and monitoring tools were handed out to the community in order to strengthen the citizen participation in the preservation of built heritage. The experience of the maintenance campaign unveiled a series of lessons that have been evaluated in the present investigation, being the main objective the strengthening of the processes of governance and documentation through the formulation of strategies inherent to the maintenance of heritage buildings. In this process it is shown that the participation of citizens is a strategic factor for the sustainable development of maintenance campaigns, which allow for the preservation of historical sites for future generations.