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Climate Change Challenges for Heritage Architecture
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Climate Change Challenges for Heritage Architecture

A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Climatology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 1735

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Harold Enrique Huerto-Cardenas

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Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering Department, Politecnico di Milano, Via Ponzio 31, 20133 Milan, Italy
Interests: built heritage; climate-induced risk assessment; adaptive solutions; microclimate; whole-building simulation; energy efficiency; sustainability
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Dr. Alessia Buda

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Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering Department, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 42, 20133 Milan, Italy
Interests: built heritage; sustainability; conservation; multidimentional analysis; historic buildings; energy retrofit
Dr. Claudio Del Pero

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Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering Department, Politecnico di Milano, Via Ponzio 31, 20133 Milan, Italy
Interests: energy efficiency; photovoltaic; HVAC systems; microclimate; building retrofit; whole-building simulation; built heritage
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change is one of the most critical global challenges of our time and could lead, among other things, to the accelerated degradation or loss of cultural heritage. In order to appropriately manage historic buildings, it is important to determine how future changes in the climate will affect the outdoor and, consequently, indoor conditions of built heritage. Such structures are generally characterized by old and precious materials and contain artworks and collections, which are particularly sensitive to climate behavior. In this regard, an evaluation of the potential risks and effects that climate variations exert on heritage buildings over time is pivotal to the development of efficient and sustainable adaptation and mitigation strategies that properly preserve such heritage for future generations.

This Special Issue aims to collect recent studies concerning the impact of climate change on the conservation of historic buildings. The focus is not only on the analysis of possible decay effects, but also on methodologies, predictive models and tailored adaptive solutions that aim to mitigate the risks.

Therefore, this Special Issue of Atmosphere aims to collect scientific contributions (articles/communications/reviews) that focus on the effect of climate change on heritage buildings; it therefore welcomes studies performed using different approaches/methodologies and case study applications.

Dr. Harold Enrique Huerto-Cardenas
Dr. Alessia Buda
Dr. Claudio Del Pero
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • built heritage
  • indoor climate and monitoring
  • conservation
  • risk assessment
  • climate change
  • simulation models
  • adaptive and tailored solutions
  • case studies
  • economic impact
  • effects on thermal comfort

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Preserving History: Assessments and Climate Adaptations at the House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts, USA
by Paul Wright, Susan Baker and Stephen S. Young
Atmosphere 2025, 16(1), 84; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos16010084 - 15 Jan 2025
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Salem, Massachusetts, is one of the oldest cities in the United States (1629) and its coastal location on the Atlantic helped create one of the wealthiest cities in America during the late 18th century, but today its coastal location threatens many of its [...] Read more.
Salem, Massachusetts, is one of the oldest cities in the United States (1629) and its coastal location on the Atlantic helped create one of the wealthiest cities in America during the late 18th century, but today its coastal location threatens many of its buildings due to sea level rise and increased storm activity. The House of the Seven Gables, a National Historic Landmark District, consists of five important historic buildings, the most famous being The Turner Ingersoll Mansion (1668), more commonly known as The House of the Seven Gables. Considered one of the most important houses in America, it is also one of the most threatened historic buildings due to its location on Salem’s harbor. The House of the Seven Gables conducted a two-year study funded by Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management to evaluate the risks posed by climate change. This process included the use of data from groundwater monitoring wells and a tidal gauge installed on-site, along with soil samples and a detailed survey base plan including topography and subsurface infrastructure. The project team then used the Massachusetts Coastal Flood Risk Model (MC-FRM) to assess climate change impacts on the site in 2030, 2050, and 2070, and then created a plan for adaptations that should be implemented before those risks materialize. Strategies for adapting to storm surges, increasing groundwater, and intense surface water runoff were evaluated for their effectiveness and appropriateness for the historic site. The conclusion of the study resulted in a five-phase plan ending in the managed retreat of the historic buildings to higher ground on the existing site. This article goes beyond other research that suggests coastal retreats by demonstrating how to quantitatively evaluate current and future coastal issues with predictive models and how to set viable dates for adaptive solutions and a managed retreat. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Climate Change Challenges for Heritage Architecture)
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