Abstract

The effects of surface water on antique structures most of which contain historical and cultural features in themselves have a significant place in terms of structure physics problems. Natural stone was most frequently used as a structural materials in traditional buildings. The use of bad quality stone or because of various factors that may emerge in the next periods, the effects of surface water cause an increase in the deterioration phase of the antique structures. Natural stones which are,among all traditional construction materials, the most susceptible ones to damages deterioration are at the same time the most frequently used structure materials in antique buildings. In this study an experimental study is conducted in order to find out whether there is any/continuous surface waters on the wall surface and inside the tissue of the wall in antique buildings made of natural stone. For that objective within the context of Anadolu University, Department of Architecture “Material and Structure Problems in Old Structures” course, with university students humidity measurements were made on the walls of Eskişehir Antique Kurşunlu Mosque during a fourweek training term. At the end of four-week research the amount of humidity on the walls of the antique structure made of natural stone and the areas surface water covered tried to be determined.