Gutting
In the construction industry, gutting is the term used to describe the preparatory measures for the demolition or partial demolition of an existing building . After removing pollutants such as asbestos , all built-in parts such as doors, windows, floors, suspended ceilings, non- load -bearing interior walls and the building services (ventilation, heating, sanitary and electrical) are removed. It will be dismantled down to the statically relevant components. This is followed by further work, such as demolition or core renovation .
Since the disposal costs of mixed construction waste are significantly higher than those of the respective individual substances, gutting has increased significantly in recent years.
Gutting to preserve the facade
This gutting is a massive structural intervention in which load-bearing elements are also removed. The difference to the demolition of a building is that the external appearance should be retained when the core is removed. The original structural properties and functions are removed, however, and the wall-mounted fittings such as interior doors, floor coverings or stucco work and paintings are mostly destroyed. The implementation is cost-intensive, as entire parts of the building usually have to be artificially supported during the construction work. It is therefore practically only used for listed and intensively used buildings or for structures characteristic of the site .
This way of dealing with historical buildings is very controversial. The interests of monument preservation , cityscape maintenance and the commercial interests of investors must be carefully weighed up. Therefore, gutting is a compromise between monument protection and demolition, which seems most justifiable if the wall-mounted equipment of a building has already been lost due to previous renovations or destruction. However, gutting often also has an impact on the facade that is actually to be preserved, for example if the new floor slabs are drawn in at a different height and thus split the original windows horizontally. In the Anglo-American world one speaks critically of Facadism, a term with negative connotations.
- Examples
- Old Braunschweig train station
- German Architecture Museum , Frankfurt am Main
- Garden Tower , Frankfurt am Main
- Reich Railway Directorate Cologne
- Reichstag building , Berlin
- Rheinhallen , Cologne
- Ständehaus , Düsseldorf
State funding
Government funding for gutting buildings is generally very low. In order to receive state subsidies, both monuments and residential and non-residential buildings are often renovated as an alternative. However, certain requirements must be met for this. This includes u. a. that the statically relevant building substance is in a condition that can be renovated.
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Dismantling and gutting. Retrieved November 13, 2017 .