SUSTAINABILITY OF CULTURAL HERITAGE USING GIS: THE CASE OF THE HISTORIC BUILDING VILLA KLONARIDI, ATHENS, GREECE

Elisavet Tsilimantou1, Ekaterini T. Delegou1, Athineos I. Nikitakos1, Sofia Soile2, Sevasti Tapinaki2, Charalabos Ioannidis2, Antonia Moropoulou1

1School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechniou str., 15773 Athens, Greece, Tel: +30-210-772-1432, Fax: +30-210-772-3215, E-mail: el_tsilimantou@hotmail.com; edelegou@central.ntua.gr; athineos_arch@yahoo.com; amoropul@central.ntua.gr

2School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, National Technical University of Athens 9, Iroon Polytechniou str., 15773 Athens, Greece, Tel: +302107722686, Fax: +302107722677, E-mail: ssoile@survey.ntua.gr; sevi@survey.ntua.gr; cioannid@survey.ntua.gr

ABSTRACT

Conservation of cultural heritage using contemporary methods and approaches is a necessity. In this work, the use of GIS is presented as a process tool for the representation of a historic building, the monitoring of its pathology and the control of its building materials’ durability. Overall the methodology approach can lead to the sustainable protection of the historic building. The building in study is a historic building in the center of Athens, constructed at the last quarter of the 19th century. Geometric documentation, building materials characterization and decay diagnosis, were performed on the building. The geometric documentation consisted of field survey measurements along with photogrammetric techniques. Building materials characterization and decay diagnosis was performed by the application of non-destructive techniques in situ on the building facades, and the application of in-lab analytical techniques on samples taken from the building facades. Thematic maps were elaborated in GIS for each façade of the historic building under investigation, thematic maps of building materials and decay and thematic maps of conservation/restoration interventions. Moreover, using GIS geoprocessing analysis tools on the elaborated thematic maps, qualitative and quantitative results contribute to set the basis criteria for the durability control and the monitor the preservation state of the historic building in terms of sustainability.

Key-words: built heritage, Geographic Information System, documentation, maintenance, monitoring