Repair works at Saint Claire Convent in Chinchón (Madrid, Spain)

摘要

The Chinchón Saint Claire Convent is a Count Foundation of 1653. Some repairrnworks were made around 1965, but some important cracks were remained. This paper describes thernsoil study made to know, its properties, the reason of these movements and its consequences to thernconvent and the repair works done. A high swelling phenomenon has been detected. The convent is onrna high plasticity clayey soil with soil sandy insertions. The soil water has a high content of sulphates.rnIn addition, some sewer system piping was broken around the convent and frequently flooded thernconvent crypt. A micropiles underpinning was made and the water leaked has lead to the sewer systemrnto avoid the crypt flooding, also a drainage system has been made and the ground around the churchrnhas been paved.