Reincidência de danos em prédio histórico preservado.

Abstract

The City of Pelotas, in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, is known for its significant historical and architectural heritage. In the last few years, many initiatives have been taken to redeem, preserve and value its architecture through interventions in the buildings, involving the recuperation of structures, constructive and decorative elements and adaptations of accesses for handicapped people. Some time after the end of such works and the use of these spaces according to the purposes proposed in the project, it is possible to notice evidences of pathological manifestations. The present research aims at analyzing and diagnosing the damages present in a public use building, of high cultural value, belonging to the historical center of Pelotas – the Eliseu Maciel School, which went through a revitalization process in 2007. Through registry survey, which includes the architectural project and the building historical data, as well as the data referring to the revitalization process, it was possible to identify and map the pre existing pathological manifestations and the recidivist ones. This verification enabled analyzing the efficiency of the intervention process concerning the capacity to correct the pathological manifestations.