Abstract

ZAMORA CEDENO, Gema Mariela  and  AGUIRRE ULLAURI, María del Cisne. Considerations on the Vulnerability of Architectural Heritage. Case Study: the Church of El Sagrario, Cuenca, Ecuador. Intervención (Méx. DF) [online]. 2020, vol.11, n.21, pp.257-327.  Epub Sep 21, 2022. ISSN 2007-249X.  https://doi.org/10.30763/intervencion.229.v1n21.08.2020.

Architectural heritage shows the processes and evolution of the human being in time. It allows the perpetual telling of history and transformations without the need for words. What would happen if the tangible and material chronology of a civilization were lost in seconds? This and other questions support the need and obligation to study architectural heritage as an element vulnerable to seismic activity, with emphasis on that whose constructive and ancestral technique does not guarantee its dynamic adaptation. The bibliographic study extensively demonstrates the damage caused to earthen architectural heritage after an earthquake. This is the basis for specific considerations to mitigate and avoid the loss of an architectural landmark in Cuenca (Ecuador), such as the church of El Sagrario or Catedral Vieja (Old Cathedral, in english). The architectural configuration, the roofs without trusses or reinforcements, and the unfavorable seismic behavior of the earthen structure are the critical points to be taken into account.

Keywords : vulnerability; architectural heritage; earthquake; earthen architecture; heritage management.

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