Engineering and Architectural Heritage

This course presents the basic concepts of structural engineering and its application for the preservation of architectural heritage. It includes engineering developments of the main cultures, and states the general guidelines for the intervention and conservation of heritage infrastructure. It also presents the main techniques for inspection, diagnosis and intervention of heritage infrastructure, including data processing tools and structural analysis options. The concepts presented in the course are finally used for carrying out a project which consists in the geometric, material survey, and finally the structural evaluation of a historical building in the city of Lima