INTEGRATION OF MATERIALS USED IN ANCIENT STRUCTURES FOR PRESENT DAY CONSTRUCTION

Abstract

Materials used in ancient era for construction has been focused here to understand the advantages of heritage buildings life time comparison with present construction practices. Brick and mortar based constructions of ancient structures with quality assessment comparison of present day work need to be studied, as a part of it the present paper focuses on the advantages and draw backs of both present and past constructional materials. Earth based mortars were used in all over the world since ancient times in extensive range of building types. Plastering is one of the most common current applications in earth based mortars for contemporary architecture. Mortars characterization confirmed that clay mineralogy drives important plaster properties like vapour adsorption, drying shrinkage and also have significance in mechanical resistance, dry abrasion and thermal conductivity. Present work discusses on the brick based mortar addition to increase strengthening properties of walls in comparison with present methods. Lime mortars significance is also studied as a part of novel approaches with stone and mortar addition comparatives.