| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 172, 2020
12th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics (NSB 2020)
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| Article Number | 20008 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Microbial damage | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202017220008 | |
| Published online | 30 June 2020 | |
Investigation on the Deterioration Mechanism of Tuff Stones Used for the Exteriors at the Former Koshien Hotel
1 Kyoto University, Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Graduate school of Engineering, Kyotodaigakukatsura Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8540, Japan
2 Mukogawa Women’s University, Department of Architecture, 1-13 Tozaki-cho Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 663-8121, Japan
* Corresponding author: yamada.koki.28m@st.kyoto-u.ac.jp
The former Koshien Hotel is an historic Japanese architectural structure, where two different tuffs called Nikkaseki and Tatsuyamaishi were used to build the exterior. Despite its cultural significance, the building’s exterior is deteriorating in many ways, with water permeation being the main factor. In this study, the hygrothermal properties of both Nikkaseki and Tatsuyamaishi were measured in order to examine the correlation between deterioration mechanisms and the tuff characteristics in detail. The basic physical properties, pore size distribution, vapor permeability, hydraulic conductivity, and sorption isotherm were measured. The results of a comparison of two tuffs led us to hypothesize that the main reason behind Nikkaseki’s deterioration is expansive freezing, while that of Tatsuyamaishi is caused by repeating dehydration or dry-wet cycles.
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