InnovaConcrete at STREMAH 2019

7-9 October 2019 | Seville (Spain)

The 16th International Conference on Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture took place in Seville, Spain. The Conference was organised by the Wessex Institute, UK, represented by Professor Patrick De Wilde.

The conference, which started in Florence, Italy in 1989, is well-established and always attracts a wide international spread of delegates. The variety of topics covered by the conference includes the historical aspects and the use of heritage buildings, as well as technical uses dealing with different structural shapes and material.

At the conference, Gema Ramirez Guerrero by the University of Cádiz had a lecture entitled “Concrete as Heritage: social perception and its valuing. The Zarzuela Racehorse”. During this lecture, she had the opportunity to describe the activity she’s doing within the project regarding the social perception of concrete buildings as Cultural Heritage. In particular, she described the activities done at the Zarzuela Racehorse of Madrid, the case study choosen by InnovaConcrete for this kind of activity.