Levantamientos arquitectónicos en el medio rural

Abstract

A methodology for cataloguing architectural heritage in rural areas is presented. It is based in several field surveys carried out between 2011 and 2012 for the Romanesque Heritage Cataloguing Project of Huesca, developed by Santa María la Real Foundation and financed by Spanish Ministry of Culture.The aim of this study is to optimize the documentation process based on the experience obtained in 13 surveys about architectural heritage in rural areas, having in mind the limitations in both resources and time. Some general steps have been established in this methodology: information search, previous studies, objectives adjustment, field visits, digitization, corrections and delivery of documentation. Each stage is discussed in depth, showing the main difficulties faced in 13 buildings with different properties and goals in each one.The result is a basic documentation tool, as a starting point to enhance built heritage-related activities such as conservation, intervention, refurbishment, advocacy, outreach, etc. It is structured in control charts or the tasks of each stage. These tasks help to the technical team work in the way to the documentation of the built heritage; establishing a common criteria and an optimized schedule. It is discussed the degree of compliance with the steps of this methodology in the 13 case studies combined with a balance of detected pros and cons. Finally, some conclusions, advantages and disadvantages about the improvements achieved by this methodology compared with the current situation of built heritage in rural areas are collected.