CLEANING HERITAGE

REAL LONG-TERM WORKING CONDITIONS OF ANTI-GRAFFITI AND SELF-CLEANING COATINGS FOR THEIR IMPLEMENTATION IN THE PROTECTION OF THE EUROPEAN CULTURAL HERITAGE

 Coordinatore THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD 

 Organization address address: University Offices, Wellington Square
city: OXFORD
postcode: OX1 2JD

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Gill
Cognome: Wells
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 1865 289800
Fax: +44 1865 289801

 Nazionalità Coordinatore United Kingdom [UK]
 Totale costo 299˙558 €
 EC contributo 299˙558 €
 Programma FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF
 Funding Scheme MC-IEF
 Anno di inizio 2014
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2014-09-15   -   2016-09-14

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

 Organization address address: University Offices, Wellington Square
city: OXFORD
postcode: OX1 2JD

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Gill
Cognome: Wells
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 1865 289800
Fax: +44 1865 289801

UK (OXFORD) coordinator 299˙558.40

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cleaning    economic    cultural    self    coatings    objects    policies    materials    anti    protection    heritage    dirt    aesthetic    graffiti   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Graffiti and soiling put in danger the European Cultural Heritage, which comprises more than 3.5 million protected monuments. They both cause aesthetic damage which, in turn, causes degradation of the objects affected that often require expensive cleaning. The long-term effects for urban cultural heritage buildings can be very severe, as cleaning procedures can alter the superficial characteristics of the porous and sometimes already weathered materials, making them more susceptible to the penetration of pigments and dirt.

The removal of dirt and graffiti in European countries has such a high economic impact; on cleaning graffiti alone, Europe spends 2 billion euro per year according to the European Commission officials; that prevention is seen as a good solution. Self-cleaning coatings have been used since the end of the 1980s on building materials. More recently anti-graffiti coatings have started to protect surfaces at risk.

Nevertheless, there have only been very few studies on such treatments and their potential for use on cultural heritage objects since products for their specific protection are less developed due to the requirement they must meet: efficient protection with minimal modification of the substrate.

The principal aim of this research is to implement the use of anti-graffiti and self-cleaning coatings on European Cultural Heritage through a deep knowledge of the interactions products-substrates and their performance under real long-term working conditions in unique test walls at Oxford University.

This proposal approaches two relevant issues in Europe. First, the conservation of our rich Heritage, valuable in multiple senses: aesthetic, cultural, economic, etc. and secondly the cleanliness of our cities, a problem of growing interest which has been addressed by the policies of the EU since September 2006, when the European Parliament gave instructions to the European Commission to create policies to prevent and eliminate dirt and graffiti.'

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