Some refurbishment particularities: An older building case study

Abstract

Portugal has many old buildings with historical and cultural values in advanced degradation. Many of them have an architectural interest, special values and some other characteristics with interest to preserve, which contribute to keeping the building originality and singularity. These building could be retrofitted for new facilities of uses increasing the levels of comfort similar to new buildings. However, all project management of that kind of buildings is more specific, complex and requires special knowledge in the management of the particularities of their work, even other factors related with misunderstandings, inheritance problems, and many others. This research describes a case study that involves the surveying of constraints and other problems concerning the retrofitting works of an old building located in Montesinho village (Bragança-Portugal). In their retrofitting works were applied some parameters of the "Retrofitting management system for buildings located in consolidated urban areas" to support the project design and the building existential particularities. Besides, the management system considers regulations obliged, sustainable practices and possible constraints particularities for that old building case study's project management. The results show constraints, problems, but also solutions application to solve and reduce them, being a contribution to many other old buildings with similar retrofitting needs.