The use of HBIM as a tool for detecting the habitability of the franciscan heritage buildings. The case of Monastery of Santa Clara de La Columna (Belalcazar, Spain)

Abstract

The different technical and legal tools for heritage protection have made it possible for us, today, to enjoy important monumental complexes. The divergence lies in the artistic contexts in which, due to the genesis of their programmatic typology, they require habitation, as in the case of monasteries. This article collects the results of a long investigation, on which we have been working, and whose main objective has been to find a tool that allows us to continuously measure different indicators in which both the protection of the elements, and the capacity for habitation, are guaranteed. For this we have contextualized the research at the Monastery of Santa Clara de la Columna in Belalcázar (Córdoba), a monastery with the highest heritage protection in Spain, and which, in turn, accommodates a religious community. The results have allowed us to design habitability parameters, within protected heritage contexts.