Cladding with Stone: Introduction

Camposinhos, Rui de Sousa

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6848-2_1

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“…Direct or adhered fixing systems consisting on cement bonding the entire back slab's surface has several drawbacks. Differential displacements and deformations under the same action between the slab's bed, the joint and the slab itself if prevented are the main causes for the well-known malfunctions and failures [10]. …”

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Performance Evaluation of Cladding Stone in Buildings and Urban Works

Flain¹,

Righi²,

Frazão³

2015

IJET

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Abstract-The requirements regarding to aesthetic effect of the buildings require that coatings with dimension stones maintain their initial appearance even when subjected to various actions such as mechanics, chemistry, thermal and hygrometric related to its use and with the actions from the weather.It is of knowledge of experts that finishes with dimension stones may be subject to the occurrence of diversified pathologies, depending on the characteristics of rocky materials used, of the constructive process adopted for the fixing of the plates to the support, the degree of control of the fixing of the plates, the use and maintenance stage and the degree of detailing of the project. This paper discusses the main factors involved in performance of stone veneers in buildings and in urban works and present typical examples of most frequent pathologies in such finishes.

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Section: Production Procedure-related Pathologiesmentioning

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Performance Evaluation of Cladding Stone in Buildings and Urban Works

Flain¹,

Righi²,

Frazão³

2015

IJET

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“…In modern and contemporary architecture, natural stone cladding has become the standard technology to protect and decorate concrete structures [1]. For high standard buildings, natural stones and particularly marbles with specific features, have been used by the architects in order to achieve desired external aesthetical effects.…”

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The deterioration of Apuan white marble in contemporary architectural context

Gherardi

Kapridaki

Roveri

et al. 2019

Journal of Cultural Heritage

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The conservation of contemporary buildings is particularly challenging as only few information about their degradation and guidelines for their maintenance are available and at the same time, despite their architectural importance, the attention and caring procedures are nοt adequate to safeguard standards. The Oslo Opera House is a high-standing contemporary architecture (opening 2008) characterized by a large ornamental pavement cladding mainly made of Apuan marble slabs. After few years, large parts of the marble surface suffered from a marked yellow discoloration and dirt accumulation. In this context, the current research was carried out aiming at assessing the state of conservation of the marble slabs and investigating the causes of their discoloration, to suggest possible remediation and adequate maintenance procedures. Due to the extreme microclimatic conditions, a severe inter-and intra-granular decohesion of the calcite grains can be observed by microscopic analyses, while a surface corrosion phenomenon of the crystals is in progress. The chemical analyses of surface stone material from the slabs allow the detection of deteriorated organic by-products, as a result of the degradation of previous protective treatments, excluding the correlation of iron ions concentration with the discoloration. The state of conservation gathered so far was the starting point for the development of a tailor-made cleaning methodology of the marble cladding and a complete revision of the protective treatments and ordinary maintenance protocol.

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Cladding with Stone: Introduction

Cited by 2 publications

References 8 publications

Performance Evaluation of Cladding Stone in Buildings and Urban Works

Performance Evaluation of Cladding Stone in Buildings and Urban Works

The deterioration of Apuan white marble in contemporary architectural context

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