Adobe Consolidation
A new stabilization process for adobe developed through research at historic Fort Selden
Project Details
- Category
- Years 1988 – 1995
- Status
- Organizer
About
Goal
The Adobe Consolidation project at Fort Selden, New Mexico, developed and tested new techniques for stabilizing adobe by building and treating test walls in a variety of ways, including drainage, sheltering, and reburial.
A partnership with the Museum of New Mexico State Monuments, the work was part of the Getty Conservation Institute’s long-term commitment to the preservation of earthen architecture.
Outcomes
- Research identified a multistep process using three chemical procedures that effectively stabilized sections of the adobe ruins adjacent to the test-wall area at Fort Selden
- Initial findings were presented and discussed at Adobe 90, an international conference co-organized by the Getty Conservation Institute and other organizations active in the field.
Background
Partner
The Museum of New Mexico State Monuments
Related
Seismic Retrofitting Project
Project
Techniques and maintenance programs to improve structural performance and safety of earthen buildings while minimizing historic fabric loss
Terra
Project
Creation of a cooperative framework—Project Terra—to promote the study and conservation of earthen architecture heritage
6th International Conference on the Conservation of Earthen Architecture: Adobe 90 Preprints
Publication