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Durability Lessons Learned from In-Situ Diagnostic Studies of Original Construction Details
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Matthew Bronski
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In the course of my 14 years of practice in historic preservation, the work of the Roman architect/engineer/planner/master builder Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (Vitruvius), as set forth in his seminal text The Ten Books of Architecture, has provided me with a frequent touchstone for my own work. Now, with the National Endowment for the Arts Rome Prize in Historic Preservation and Conservation awarded to me by the American Academy in Rome, I will follow in the footsteps of Vitruvius, utilizing his methodology of direct observation of existing buildings (the details, materials, and methods of their construction, and their current condition) to derive the lessons they have to teach us regarding long-term durability and preservation.-
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- Week 25 – The Kindness of Strangers, and the Clay Roofing Tile Overhang at Palazetto Cenci
- Week 24 – Signs of Spring, and the Difficulties of Preserving Modernism
- Week 23 – Snow in Rome, and the Choice of Stones for their Durability at Ercolano
- Week 22 – Carnevale Romano, Super Bowl Monday, and the Comparative Durability of Masonry Materials at Ercolano
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