Holistic Methods of Assessing the Historical Wooden Structure on the Example of the Floor of the Polish Manor House in Tarnowiec

Anna Różańska, Wojciech Koryciński and Paweł Kozakiewicz ()
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Anna Różańska: Department of Technology and Entrepreneurship in Wood Industry, Institute of Wood Sciences and Furniture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences WULS-SGGW, 02-787 Warszaw, Poland
Wojciech Koryciński: Department of Industrial and Medicinal Plants, Faculty of Agrobioengineering, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 20-400 Lublin, Poland
Paweł Kozakiewicz: Department of Wood Sciences and Wood Preservations, Institute of Wood Sciences and Furniture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences WULS-SGGW, 02-787 Warszaw, Poland

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 14, 1-18

Abstract: Sustainable development should take into account the conservation and preservation of architectural features characteristic of a given cultural area for future generations. Chemical, physical and mechanical properties of timber components are key to assessing the technical preservation of historical timber structures, defining proper restoration methodology and extending the durability of timber structures. Moreover, this evaluation will help to elaborate assessment criteria to decide between the restoration or replacement of a given antique structure. The article presents a method of assessing a historical wooden structure on the example of an antique decorative wooden floor from the beginning of the 19th century, preserved in the Tarnowiec Manor House. It determines tests and scientific analysis as a tool for a decision of possibilities of further usage of the historical floor structure. We performed tests and scientific analysis by calculating the functional properties of the parquet panels, performing a visual inspection, as well as resistance tests, tests of longitudinal curvature deviation and shape preservation, tests of fungi infestation and its impact on the state of preservation, as well as future perspectives for the use of parquet elements. The results of the evaluation verify that the proposed methodologies are reasonable and will help to elaborate assessment criteria to decide between the restoration or replacement of a given antique parquet.

Keywords: Polish manor house; panel parquets; conservation; restoration; reconstruction; relocation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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