PREFORTI project: The preventive conservation of historic rammed-earth

Abstract

The main purposes of the PREFORTI project “Sustainable Methodology for the Conservation and Maintenance of Medieval Earthen Fortifications in the South-East of the Iberian Peninsula: Diagnosis and Prevention of Natural and Human Risks”, which was selected in 2015 for ‘Projects of Excellence and Challenge’, an invitation to tender by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, are to recognise and highlight these Medieval earthen defensive structures, along with their different technical solutions; to systematise a model of analysis that allows us to assess their degree of vulnerability and susceptibility to natural and human risks and forces; and to establish mechanisms and strategies aimed at the effective preventative conservation of these structures in the provinces of Granada, Almeria and Murcia. This report aims to inform the scientific community about the background of the project and the needs that justify its existence, as well as its proposed objectives, the methodology suggested for its development, and the foreseeable results. © 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, London.