Design and Evaluation of Acrylic-Based Grouts for Earthen Plasters

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by  Kecia Lee Fong

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University of Pennsylvania
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Fong, Kecia Lee (1999). Design and Evaluation of Acrylic-Based Grouts for Earthen Plasters. (Masters Thesis).
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/hp_theses/461
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Copyright note: Penn School of Design permits distribution and display of this student work by University
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Suggested Citation:
Fong, Kecia Lee (1999). Design and Evaluation of Acrylic-Based Grouts for Earthen Plasters. (Masters
Thesis). University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
This thesis or dissertation is available at ScholarlyCommons: https://repository.upenn.edu/hp_theses/461

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DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF ACRYLIC-BASED GROUTS
FOR EARTHEN PLASTERS
KeciaLee Fong
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Historic Preservation
PresentedtotheFacultiesoftheUniversityofPennsylvania inPartial
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1999
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
/amIplusmysurroundingsandifIdonotpreservethelatter,Idonotpreservemyself.
-JoseOrtegaYGasset[MeditationsonQuixote](1883-1955)
All knowledge and discovery isbuilt upon that which precedes it and all current conditions
both tangible and intangible, are evidence of this principle of interdependent nature.
Conservation embodies these principlesofcausationand interdependency in itsembraceand
integration of multiple disciplines. It recognises the inherent relationships between the
extrinsicandtheintrinsic,betweenthephysicaland theimmaterial. Itrealisestheseprinciples
in the thoughtful practice of its etiological and hermeneutic investigations. The philosophy
and theory provide the framework for the praxis. This perspective and ultimate material
contribution are manifested in the extension of the life of the 'thing,' (object, structure, site,
place). Thisactisfoundedonthebeliefthatthepastandcontextareprofound agentsofwho
and what we are and what we envision ourselves to be. Like the quote by Jose Ortega Y
Gasset acknowledges, we do not exist alone as singular, contained entities but rather are
creationsofacontinuum.
This work is a result of that continuum. Special recognition is due to those who provided
generouscontributionsofadvice,guidanceandmaterials. TTieresearchwassponsoredby the
UniversityofPennsylvaniaandtheUnitedStatesNationalParkService.
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indebtedness to one's teachers. A special thanks is due to the irrepayable generosity and