Preventive Conservation and Restoration Monitoring of Heritage Buildings Based on Fuzzy Logic

ABSTRACT

This article discusses the usability of the Art-Risk 3.0 software for research on the conservation of heritage buildings. It is a new and free software based on fuzzy logic, which enables the assessment of preventive conservation and surveillance of the restoration of heritage buildings over a period of time. This artificial intelligence-based tool considers the vulnerability of buildings, their environments, and their management to evaluate the necessity of their restoration or preventive conservation. To validate the Art-Risk 3.0, 500 theoretical case studies were analyzed, and a 14^th-century Mudejar-Gothic-style Church in Seville, Spain was studied both before and after its restoration to identify post-restoration changes. This proof of concept demonstrates the capability of the Art-Risk 3.0 software to analyze environmental impacts on the vulnerability, risk, and functional service life of buildings, and assess the effectiveness of restoration activities. Additionally, this software identifies the most problematic factors and the necessity of restoration.

KEYWORDS:

• Functionality
• fuzzy logic
• heritage
• risk
• service life
• vulnerability

Acknowledgments

This study has been supported by the projects: Art-Risk (RETOS project of Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER), code: BIA2015-64878-R (MINECO/FEDER, UE)), FENIX (project of Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Programas Estatales de Generación de Conocimiento y Fortalecimiento Científico y Tecnológico del Sistema de I+D+i, code: PID2019-107257RB-I00), Ambulab-LAB infrastructure project of Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (EQC2019-005780-P), RESILIENT-TOURISM project of Consejería de Transformación Económica, Industria, Conocimiento y Universidades. Junta de Andalucia (PYC20 RE 034 UPO), the research teams TEP-199 and Sanit-ARTE laboratory. M. Moreno is grateful to the State Program for the Promotion of Talent and its Employability in R+D+i of Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación of Spain for his technical fellowship (PTA2019-016882).

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Funding

This work was supported by the projects: Art-Risk (RETOS project of Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) [BIA2015-64878-R], FENIX (project of Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Programas Estatales de Generación de Conocimiento y Fortalecimiento Científico y Tecnológico del Sistema de I+D+i [PID2019-107257RB-I00], Ambulab-LAB infrastructure project of Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades [EQC2019-005780-P], RESILIENT-TOURISM project of Consejería de Transformación Económica, Industria, Conocimiento y Universidades. Junta de Andalucia [PYC20 RE 034 UPO], The State Program for the Promotion of Talent and its Employability in R+D+i of Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación of Spain [PTA2019-016882].