Reparação e Reabilitação de Edifícios

The lectures use the expository method and encourage reflection and discussion on the subjects presented. Real cases of rehabilitation
interventions will be shown to illustrate the subjects taught. Students will carry out research on subjects related to the course, which will be
presented in class and debated. Some inspection and diagnostic techniques will be demonstrated using appropriate equipment. Technical
visits to rehabilitation works in progress will be organized.

Define the scope of repair and rehabilitation activities for the various constructive elements of buildings within the widely accepted
framework of the “ethics” of Conservation; to emphasise their importance in an intervention logic that contributes to prolonging their life
cycle, acting in such a way as to promote the sustainability of the results; to emphasise the importance of the principle of “prioritising energy
efficiency” in the intervention strategy; to highlight the importance of maintenance activities in order to minimise the rate of deterioration
while maintaining the capacities of the constructive elements at the appropriate levels.
Skills: development of critical thinking about intervention and strategies; ability to distinguish anomalies in the various building elements
from the main processes/methods for their observation and inspection; limited diagnostic capacity and intervention proposals; ability to draw
up preventive maintenance programmes.

1. Fundamental concepts
2. Conservation theory and its basic principles
3. Heritage charters and conventions
4. Main construction systems in buildings
5. Basic notions about installations in buildings
6. Structural and construction anomalies in buildings
7. Energy retrofitting of homes and how it fits into the current European framework. Main intervention techniques.
8. Deterioration of the main structural materials
9. Anomalies in non-structural elements
10. Main techniques and methods for diagnosing anomalies
11. Repairing structural anomalies (concrete structures, timber structures, metal structures)
12. Repairing anomalies in non-structural elements and coatings
13. Summary and systematisation of the main causes of anomalies. Proposed solutions.
13.1 Anomaly sheets
14. Building maintenance. Main objectives
14.1 Preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance
14.2 Preventive maintenance plans

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