Fire Evacuation and Exit Design in Heritage Cultural Centres

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Development of a Method for Increasing the Fire Resistance of Cast-iron Structures of Cultural Heritage Sites under Reconstruction

“…Therefore, when reconstructing or overhauling (restoring) cultural heritage sites, it is necessary to develop special design solutions and fire-fighting measures to ensure building codes and established fire resistance limits of building structures. However, design solutions and firefighting measures specially developed for each object should not lead to a significant change in the architectural, structural, and space-planning solutions of the premises of a building or structure, as shown by Gales et al (2022) [4] and Arandelovic & Musil (2023) [5].…”

“…Garcia-Castillo et al (2023) [2] present an analysis of the problem of compliance of cultural heritage buildings with modern fire safety standards, subject to the preservation of historical space planning and design solutions. Salazar et al (2021) [3], Gales et al (2022) [4], Arandelovic & Musil (2023) [5], and a number of other authors have pointed out the difficulties of ensuring the fire resistance of building structures without significantly changing their parameters and placement in space, which leads to the loss of the historical and cultural value of the object. [2], Arandelovic & Musil (2023) [5], Salihu et al (2023) [6], and Song et al (2021) [7] and studies by other authors indicate that there are no fire safety systems in buildings of cultural and historical heritage, as well as smoke extraction and automatic fire extinguishing systems.…”