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Φρούριο Ιτζεδίν: μελέτη αποκατάστασης και πρόταση επανάχρησης του μνημείου

Kavallari Eleni

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The main subject of this thesis is the restoration study of Fortress Itzedin. The aim of this study is to provide a comprehensive proposal for the building’s reuse, by investigating the structural system using a modern computational analysis method that simulates the existing monument’s state, taking under account the structural damages of the static load carrier of the building. The architectural proposal will work in conjunction with building’s needs for its static adequacyThis thesis was completed with the cooperation of the civil engineer and fellow master student Amalia Kasabali, whose thesis is also about Fortress Itzedin, focusing more in the control of monument’s static adequacy with finite elements analysis.The first part of the study includes the architectural surveying and the historical documentation of the monument, the pathology of the building and its materials and the final damage assessment. Next, the emphasis is placed on the study of the monument’s statics, by simulating it in a finite elements analysis program. In the computational model we attempt to simulate the existing materials (limestone masonry, mortars) using bibliographic data from similar studies in other monuments (of the same historical period) in Crete and Greece. Finally, proposals for the monument’s rehabilitation are being made, in a way that they will require the minimum number of structural interventions and will serve the new proposed uses, as they arise from the architectural proposal for reuse. Concerning the architectural designs, alternative proposals are made for both the building and the surrounding area. The main factors that affect our aesthetics are the wear’s signs on the monument in combination with the different uses it had over the longest period of its life. The choice of the new uses is based on the study of the building and its own needs, but also on the needs of the surrounding area, which has a big connection with the building through the history. Elements such as its position in relation to the city of Chania but also to other nearby monuments, the size of the site and the building volume, the ownership (private – public) with all the corresponding restrains, the social and cultural environment, the hierarchy and evaluation of the monument’s historical values, constitute the basic data that affect our choices. In conclusion this thesis is essentially a research proposal for the comprehensive planning of historic built environment based on the continuous collaboration of different scientific fields (civil engineering – architecture). Our goal is to present a case study methodology which will lead to better decisions and to a single planning solution in the field of restoration, rehabilitation and reuse of historical buildings

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