REHABILITATION AND FUNCTIONALITY OF ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENTS TO PRESERVE THEM FROM DAMAGE FACTORS

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Department of Architectural Sculpture and Formation, Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, Egypt

Abstract

The process of maintenance and rehabilitation of archaeological buildings play an important and vital role in preserving the
human heritage from exhaustion to remain an essential and indispensable milestone through its interaction with the community in
addition to the economic aspect gained from its reinvestment. Developed countries have known that, the best way to preserve the
historic building and prolonging its life alongside maintenance, is by its rehabilitation by providing a new function that ensures
its survival and continuity, with taking in the consideration that no damage occurs to its historical value and privacy and that the
new function be harmony consistent with the cultural nature of the architectural building and its structure and the rehiring of
buildings and consist with the conditions of venice agreement 1964.


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