Transsylvania Nostra Journal

If we examine interventions on historic buildings, we can see that the static and geometric relationship between the position of the original and added elements is typical of the intervention’s structural and functional connections. Thus we can reveal a connection between the static/geometric relationship and the fulfilment of durability and utility demands. Taking this principle as a starting point, the interventions done on historic buildings can be ranked in five basic groups: reinforcement, addition, insertion, overbuilding and redevelopment, where amendments aiming at durability and utility prevail in different proportions, presuming specific structural relationships.
Keywords: intervention, reinforcement, addition, insertion, overbuilding, redevelopment, Spain, Vitruvian virtues