| Autor: |
Devi, Kancherla Sri, Sharma, Toshi Dube |
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AIP Conference Proceedings; 2019, Vol. 2158 Issue 1, p020005-1-020005-6, 6p |
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Heritage buildings often speak of a glorious past and are part of the historic fabric of the country. Many of these building are earmarked for adaptive-reuse making way to public/semi-public buildings such as museums, libraries, offices and hotels. Fire, because of the speed and totality of its destructive forces, constitutes the most serious concern. Heritage museums and libraries are vulnerable to fire as there is a combination of several factors: large scale of these buildings; interconnecting voids, flammable priceless contents; and existing structures weak on fire resistance. When a heritage building undergoes a change from its original function, improvements to the building's fire safety are necessary. India currently has about 900 museums housed in massive heritage buildings having distinct construction techniques. There is a need to focus on identifying and assessing the potential risk caused by fire hazards in heritage museums and libraries to arrive at a suitable mitigation strategy using policies, innovative materials and technologies. The objective is to critically evaluate current conservation and restoration measures adopted and suggest strategy to improve it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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