Kristin Balksten
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Archaeology, Ancient History and Conservation; Kulturvård
- E-mail:
- kristin.balksten@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Campus Gotland, Cramérgatan 3
621 57 Visby - Postal address:
- Uppsala universitet, Campus Gotland
621 67 Visby
- CV:
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Publications
Selection of publications
Energy and moisture in historic masonry walls retrofitted with hemp-lime
Part of 4th international conference on innovative materials, structures and technologies (IMST 2019), 2019
- DOI for Energy and moisture in historic masonry walls retrofitted with hemp-lime
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Part of Applied Sciences, 2019
- DOI for Full-scale Studies of Improving Energy Performance by Renovating Historic Swedish Timber Buildings with Hemp-lime
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Visby ringmur: att återuppbygga med autenticitet
Part of Bebyggelsehistorisk tidskrift, p. 43-61, 2015
Visby ringmur: kulturarv som rasar och återuppbyggs
2015
Bruk av ruiner: kulturarv, konstruktion, kalkbruk, komfort & kalsonger
Fornsalens förlag, 2012
Part of International journal of architectural heritage, p. 86-101, 2010
Increased use of ruins through secured masonry and comfortable climate
Part of Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Science and Technology in Archaeology and Conservation, Petra, Jordan, 2010
Part of 2nd Conference on Historic Mortars - HMC 2010 and RILEM TC 203-RHM final workshop, p. 11-18, 2010
A method to recreate historic mortars applied at Norrlanda church on the island of Gotland, Sweden
2008
Lime-based Repair Mortars: Influence by Surface Working Methods onBehaviour and Durability of Mortar
2006
The influence of craftsmanship on the inner structures of lime plasters
2005
Kalkputs: porstrukturens betydelse för beständighet
2005
Permeability in lime plaster in relation to durability of covered materials
2004
Part of 10th International Congress on the Deterioration and Conservation of Stone, 2004
Recent publications
Utvärdering av kalkputs på Gotlands kyrkor
2021
Part of Heritage, p. 349-370, 2021
- DOI for Understanding Deterioration due to Salt and Ice Crystallization in Scandinavian Massive Brick Masonry
- Download full text (pdf) of Understanding Deterioration due to Salt and Ice Crystallization in Scandinavian Massive Brick Masonry
Energy and moisture in historic masonry walls retrofitted with hemp-lime
Part of 4th international conference on innovative materials, structures and technologies (IMST 2019), 2019
- DOI for Energy and moisture in historic masonry walls retrofitted with hemp-lime
- Download full text (pdf) of Energy and moisture in historic masonry walls retrofitted with hemp-lime
Part of Applied Sciences, 2019
- DOI for Full-scale Studies of Improving Energy Performance by Renovating Historic Swedish Timber Buildings with Hemp-lime
- Download full text (pdf) of Full-scale Studies of Improving Energy Performance by Renovating Historic Swedish Timber Buildings with Hemp-lime
Sustainable insulation of historical wooden and stone buildings with lime-hemp
Part of ICBBM 2017 Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Bio-Based Building Materials, p. 651-655, 2017
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Heritage, p. 349-370, 2021
- DOI for Understanding Deterioration due to Salt and Ice Crystallization in Scandinavian Massive Brick Masonry
- Download full text (pdf) of Understanding Deterioration due to Salt and Ice Crystallization in Scandinavian Massive Brick Masonry
Part of Applied Sciences, 2019
- DOI for Full-scale Studies of Improving Energy Performance by Renovating Historic Swedish Timber Buildings with Hemp-lime
- Download full text (pdf) of Full-scale Studies of Improving Energy Performance by Renovating Historic Swedish Timber Buildings with Hemp-lime
Visby ringmur: att återuppbygga med autenticitet
Part of Bebyggelsehistorisk tidskrift, p. 43-61, 2015
Part of Byggnadskultur, p. 38-40, 2014
Part of International journal of architectural heritage, p. 86-101, 2010
Handlaget minst lika viktigt som verktyget
Part of Byggnadskultur, p. 24-25, 2005
Books
Tekniska anvisningar: Putsarbeten
Statens fastighetsverk, 2007
Chapters in book
Visby ringmurs fall och återuppståndelse 2012-2014
Part of Byggnadshyttan på Gotland 2013/2014, p. 84-104, Byggnadshyttan på Gotland, 2015
Norrlanda, Othem och Fardhem kyrkor: utvärdering av putsarbeten på tornen
Part of Byggnadshyttan på Gotland. 2007/2008, p. 91-112, B, 2009
Part of Från Gutabygd 2008, p. 125-140, Gotlands hembygdsförbund, 2008
Beständighetsproblem för kalkputs
Part of Byggnadshyttan på Gotland 2003-2004, p. 23-30, Byggnadshyttan på Gotland, 2005
Collections (editor)
Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Comprehensive licentiate thesis
Conference papers
Energy and moisture in historic masonry walls retrofitted with hemp-lime
Part of 4th international conference on innovative materials, structures and technologies (IMST 2019), 2019
- DOI for Energy and moisture in historic masonry walls retrofitted with hemp-lime
- Download full text (pdf) of Energy and moisture in historic masonry walls retrofitted with hemp-lime
Sustainable insulation of historical wooden and stone buildings with lime-hemp
Part of ICBBM 2017 Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Bio-Based Building Materials, p. 651-655, 2017
Learning traditional building techniques by practical work and implemented theory
Part of Innovation of teaching in materials and structures, 2016
Part of Sguardi ed esperienze sulla conservazione del patrimonio storico architettonico, p. 29-43, 2016
Construction and materials of Visby medieval city wall – risk of damage
Part of 9th IMC, Book of Abstract, 2014
Collapse and Rebuilding of a Medieval City Wall – Anassessment of the Structure and Material
2014
Part of 9th IMC, Book of Abstract, 2014
Lime burning tradition in field kilns: a case study of the Jämtland tradition in Sweden
2013
Increased use of ruins through secured masonry and comfortable climate
Part of Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Science and Technology in Archaeology and Conservation, Petra, Jordan, 2010
Part of 2nd Conference on Historic Mortars - HMC 2010 and RILEM TC 203-RHM final workshop, p. 11-18, 2010
A method to recreate historic mortars applied at Norrlanda church on the island of Gotland, Sweden
2008
Lime-based Repair Mortars: Influence by Surface Working Methods onBehaviour and Durability of Mortar
2006
The influence of craftsmanship on the inner structures of lime plasters
2005
Permeability in lime plaster in relation to durability of covered materials
2004
Part of 10th International Congress on the Deterioration and Conservation of Stone, 2004