Browsing by Author "Piedra Landivar, Victor Cesar"

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Analysis and Proposal to Retrofit the Traditional Construction Systems (Earth) of the Former San José School, Cuenca, Ecuador
(Springer Netherlands, 2019) Piedra Landivar, Victor Cesar; Achig Balarezo, Maria Cecilia; Caldas Freire, Victor Marcelo; Salazar Silva, Indira Yajaira; Cardoso Martinez, Fausto Adrian
The objective of this research is to analyze the main traditional construction systems used in the heritage buildings of the city of Cuenca, which was included in 1999 in the UNESCO World Heritage list. These construction systems are adobe, bahareque, clay brick bearing walls and wooden structures for tiled roofs, portals and floors. The techniques are applied to the former San José School, a century old heritage building located in the historical center of Cuenca. The present article will emphasize the analysis and retrofit of the adobe, bahareque and clay brick walls. The former San José School currently requires a maintenance and structural retrofitting plan due to its state of deterioration. Its exceptional architectural value dates back to its designer and builder, the German Redemptorist Brother Johannes Stiehle, who was renowned for promoting the use of mixed construction systems of fired clay bricks and raw earth. Its technological value is based on the presence of several materials that mark the different construction stages of the heritage building. The applied methodology focuses on the evaluation, through the use of assessment and diagnosis cards as well as non-destructive prospecting, of the state of conservation of the bearing walls, its structure, its plastering, culminating with a study of the floors, ceilings as well as murals and panel paintings. The research concludes with an intervention plan that proposes the structural retrofitting of this heritage building, recognizing the richness of its traditional construction systems to guarantee its conservation for future generations.
Edificaciones en tierra intervenidas en la campaña de mantenimiento de San Roque, Cuenca, Ecuador. Métodos visuales en la fase de diagnóstico
(Coordinación de Publicaciones y Difusión de FADA/UNA, 2016) Achig Balarezo, Maria Cecilia; Barsallo Chavez, Maria Gabriela; Briones Orellana, Juan Carlos; Piedra Landivar, Victor Cesar
The maintenance campaign carried out in the San Roque neighborhood at the beginning of 2014, promoted by the vlirCPM1 project and the FAUC2, concluded with an execution time considerably greater than that estimated in the diagnostic phase. This research aims to evaluate the methodology applied and find the factors that could cause this difference between the planned and executed, based on new knowledge of experts in the area of evaluation and diagnosis, it is expected that these additions to the methodology will allow more accurate estimate in subsequent campaigns.