Refurbishment and Parametricism Case Study: “Sokel” (Stone Plinth)

The paper is devoted to research on the connection between restoration and parametricism, focusing on the design of plinth restoration. Presented is the introductory part of the case study “Sokel” - Test - which deals with the verification of the established hypothesis, whether it is possible to improve the hygrothermal behaviour of the historical building's wet facade wall by means of air flow in existing or proposed ventilated gaps and by morphological by changes of the visually unexposed part of the structure. Using a combination of two-dimensional CFD and HAM simulation, the hygrothermal behaviour of the façade wall with different air flows in ventilated gap is described. The introduction presents the issue, and the proposed methodology is described. Next, the individual steps of the case study building refurbishment design methodology procedure are explained in detail. At the end, the partial results of the research task are presented, and a discussion and a summary of the findings are presented.