Building Facade Maintenance
https://doi.org/10.31675/1607-1859-2025-27-4-189-205
EDN: MUGZKD
Abstract
The article is devoted to the problem of providing access to building facades in order to maintain their operational characteristics.
Purpose: The purpose of the study is to identify general principles of building facade maintenance that contribute to typification and unification of solutions, and develop practical recommendations for their application.
Methodology: Research methods include the analysis of Russian and foreign experience in operating facade maintenance systems, comparative analysis of various maintenance methods (taking into account their features, advantages and disadvantages), and determining criteria for selecting building maintenance systems with different architectural and design solutions.
Research findings: Maintenance methods are proposed, the criteria influencing the choice of a system are determined: building height, facade geometry, works and technical feasibility of implementation.
Practical implications: The developed recommendations allow for a reasonable choice of facade maintenance at the conceptual design stage.
About the Authors
L. D. Morshakova
Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Lyudmila D. Morshakova, Student
29, Politekhnicheskaya Str., 195251, St-Petersburg
G. A. Bardina
Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Galina A. Bardina, Senior Lecturer
29, Politekhnicheskaya Str., 195251, St-Petersburg
A. I. Zatsepina
Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexandra I. Zatsepina, Senior Lecturer
29, Politekhnicheskaya Str., 195251, St-Petersburg
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Review
For citations:
Morshakova L.D., Bardina G.A., Zatsepina A.I. Building Facade Maintenance. Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo arkhitekturno-stroitel'nogo universiteta. JOURNAL of Construction and Architecture. 2025;27(4):189-205. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31675/1607-1859-2025-27-4-189-205. EDN: MUGZKD
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