The conference summarizing the research carried out under the SyMBoL project “Sustainable Management of heritage Buildings in a Long-term perspective” (project no. 274749) is already behind us.
The main idea of the project is to protect Norwegian stave churches (stavkirker), priceless representatives of wooden architecture, against the dangers of climate changes, both external and internal. In the latter case, it involves heating the interior during ceremonies and cultural events.
The event was organized by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) with the support of:
– Getty Conservation Institute (GCI),
– Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU),
– as well as Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry PAS (JHI).
The conference was sponsored by the Italian Group of Fracture (IGF).
As one of the key partners of the project, we were responsible for important tasks, i.e .:
– measurements of acoustic emission related to the development of cracks in the elements of stave churches and their interpretation,
– computer simulations of the risks posed by dynamic climate changes for massive wooden objects,
– development of a risk assessment tool for pine elements and incorporating it in the HERIe platform.
In their speeches, Łukasz Bratasz, Marcin Strojecki and Magdalena Soboń presented the obtained results and their consequences for climate management in historical interiors. Their research has been already partially published and the rest will be soon sent to scientific journals.