La gestione sostenibile del patrimonio immobiliare tra riuso e valorizzazione

Although the conservation of material consistency remains the primary goal of cultural heritage management, now there is a growing awareness that it is not a sufficient condition. Indeed, the valorisation of architecture, i.e. its effective cultural enjoyment, requires that it could be physically utilized by users, thus it should respond to changing needs. The need to keep buildings in use often involve the definition of new functions and of adaptation interventions; however, these must not conflict with the historic character of buildings. The impact on historic buildings is strongly dependent on the choice of the intended use: indeed the amount of people in the building, and particular needs of plant integration or adaptation to current functional and safety standards can result in immediate significant alterations and over time they can promote the progress of decay both of the building, and of the movable property therein located. In the meta-design phase, it is therefore important to define models for the impact of alternative intervention and utilization scenarios. These models could be used to aid in selecting the scenarios most compatible with the preservation of historical, cultural and material features of buildings, through the aware prediction of possible damages. In this framework the research unit is starting up a multi-disciplinary study applied to the case of the historic buildings of the University of Pavia. This research is aimed at the development of a useful tool for evaluating the impact of preservation and valorisation works, in order to promote sustainable management, implemented through the approach of predictive maintenance and planned conservation.