Aplicación de la metodología de manuales de conservación preventiva para la detección y evaluación de riesgos en la manzana comprendida entre Av. Loja, la calle del Farol y la Av. 12 de Abril

Abstract

Heritage is a sample of a culture, customs and development of a society; keeping it alive for future generations is a work that must be carried out carefully so that its authenticity and integrity is not altered. The plainidentification of damagesisnotenoughtocrea¬te a conservation plan anymore. Nowadays, itisnecessarytoresearch in depth, understand the origin and supportwithinformation the reasonsfor the issueddetected and toknowwhat the risks are. Incorporating a study of risks in the Conservation Plan willhelptoeliminatethreats and vulnerabilities, by notmaking up surfacedamagesthatmayend up in catastrophesorloss of irretrievablewealth. Itwillalsoallowtoclass the threat by theirhierarchy as per the level of affectation, whicheases the adequate use of funding, avoidinganypossiblewaste of resources. The objective of thisthesisis the validation of the “Handbook of PreventiveConservationforriskdetection and evaluation” as a projectpresented by the NationalInstitute of Heritage and Culture (INPC) in 2012. Thisisintendedto be a methodologicaltoolthatunify the language and procedureforsuchstudy. Corroboration of the manual took place in a block of the San Roque neighborhood, whichduring the months of January and February 2013 underwentmaintenancethrough the vlirCPM projectconducted by the University of Cuenca; itisforthisreasonthatit has the support of itsprofessionalteam in terms of informationrelatedto the neighborhood, the performedmaintenance and especially the study of damages in itsheritage, themethat the technicianshavebeendeveloping and producingprogressforseveralyears.