Análise do estado de conservação do patrimônio histórico de Juiz de Fora: estudo de caso – Cine-Theatro Central, Fórum da Cultura e Palacete Santa Mafalda

Abstract

The preservation of historical and cultural heritage in Brazil finds a large number of obstacles, such as the lack of resources and investment in maintenance. Facing this problem, this paper aims to analyze and compare the conservation conditions of Juiz de Fora’s heritage through the case study of three buildings: Cine-Theatro Central, Palace Santa Mafalda and Fórum da Cultura. The research was conducted in three distinct stages: the first sought the consolidation of the most relevant concepts for the development of the research, the second addressed the survey of technical and historical data of the objects of study, including the analysis of pathological manifestations available in pre-existing technical reports and finally, the third stage was the analysis in loco of the current conservation status of the buildings, identification of the existence of corrections to the problems found in the pre-existing reports and verifying the hypothesis that most of the pathological manifestations originate from the absence or inadequacy of maintenance interventions. Among the survey findings, the aforementioned hypothesis was confirmed, a significant number of problems were observed related to design and execution flaws, and presence of humidity. It was also observed that partially solved and unsolved problems predominate and failures in the maintenance program of the three buildings were pointed and finally, guidelines were proposed for the preservation of historical and cultural buildings.