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7th Historic Mortars Conference (HMC 2025)

Dic 18, 2024 | convegni e workshop

2 – 4 settembre 2025
Padova
Deadline: 15 marzo 2025

In keeping with the legacy of the past six editions, the 7th Historic Mortars Conference (HMC 2025) will focus on research concerning technology and characterization of historic mortars, conservation and restoration issues in historic masonry structures and archaeological sites, development of heritage-inspired building materials for sustainable architecture, design of repair materials (mortars, renders, plasters and grouts), and test methods for historic and repair mortars.

HMC 2025 will constitute a gateway of interaction between the academic and professional worlds involved in the fields of study of historic mortars and formulation, application and testing of restoration materials for built heritage, linking advanced scientific research to state-of-the-art industrial production and development.

Topics:
• Characterization of historic mortars and masonry structures. Sampling and test methods.
• Historic production, processing and application of mortars, renders and grouts. Lime technologies.
• Mortars in archaeological sites. Construction history. Archaeometry. Dating of historic mortars.
• Historic renders and plasters. Gypsum-based plasters and mortars. Adobe and mud mortars. Rammed earth constructions. Natural and Roman cement mortars. Assessment.
• Historic Portland cement-air lime mortars. Historic Portland cement mortars.
• Conservation issues concerning mortars, plasters, renders and grouts. Diagnosis. Decay and damage mechanisms. Case studies.
• Heritage-inspired building materials for sustainable architecture: from archaeometry to application.

The initiative was supported by SIRA – the Italian Society for the Restoration of Architecture.

Call for abstracts: HMC2025

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