Building in Historical Areas: Identity Values and Energy Performance of Innovative Massive Stone Envelopes with Reference to Traditional Building Solutions [PDF]
, 2018 The intrinsic nature of local rocks shaped the features of built heritage in historical centers. The resulting building culture is part of the cultural heritage itself, and must be considered when building in such areas, while it is essential to solve ...
Ferrero, Marco +2 more
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Heritage Science, 2018 Qal’at al-Subayba (Nimrod Fortress), one of the largest medieval fortresses in the Middle East, is strategically located above the city of Banias on the ancient highway from Tyre to Damascus.
Alon Margalit
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TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNER AND FAST CHARACTERIZATION OF SUPERFICIAL LESIONS IN ARCHITECTURAL DIAGNOSIS [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2019 The development of massive data captures techniques (MDC) in recent years, such as the Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS), raises the possibility of developing new assessment procedures for architectural heritage.
A. Costa-Jover +4 more
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Challenges and perspectives for the protection of masonry structures in historic centers: the role of innovative materials and techniques [PDF]
, 2016 Lessons learned from natural events which caused severe damage to existing constructions have repeatedly shown the high vulnerability of historically important masonry, often worsened by inaccurate or dubious applications of modern or innovative ...
Valluzzi, Maria Rosa
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Materials Considerations Regarding Rain Penetration in Historic Fired Clay Brick Masonry
Conservar Património, 2008 Moisture is a major source of damage in historic massive masonry. Therefore control of moisture movement in masonry is instrumental to the durability of masonry buildings.
Caspar Groot, Jos Gunneweg
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Semi Interlocking Masonry as Infill Wall System for Earthquake Resistant Buildings: A Review
The Journal of Engineering Research, 2016 Masonry is one of the most popular building materials. It has many excellent material properties and proven durability. Over time, masonry structures have evolved from massive walls, which work mainly through compression, to more slender walls, which ...
Y. Totoev, A. Al Harthy
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Seismic vulnerability maps of Timisoara historical center based on fragility curves [PDF]
, 2016 The seismic vulnerability assessment on a territorial scale requires the application of simplified procedures. Data collection is usually carried out by adopting external inspections; for this reason the knowledge gained for the considered buildings is ...
DA PORTO, Francesca +7 more
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Building technique of the Theater at ancient Messene
Japan Architectural Review, 2021 This paper reports and examines the building techniques of the recently excavated Messene Theater in Greece. In the Hellenistic period, both traditional building materials (poros and limestone) and methods (masonry, jointing, and transportation) were ...
Ryuichi Yoshitake
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Buildings, 2023 Energy efficiency renovation of building stock is an essential aspect of the climate change mitigation strategies in many countries. A large proportion of building stock is historical buildings.
Ritvars Freimanis +4 more
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Open-source digital technologies for low-cost monitoring of historical constructions [PDF]
, 2017 This paper shows new possibilities of using novel, open-source, low-cost platforms for the structural health monitoring of heritage structures. The objective of the study is to present an assessment of increasingly available open-source digital modeling ...
Basto, Camilo +2 more
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