Digital Tools and Modelling for Seismic Heritage Assessment through Previous interventions, stratigraphiEs and building Systems
ProgettoThe seismic assessment (SA) of heritage masonry buildings (HMBs) is still largely based on quantitative evaluations of structural capacity. However, theseismic behaviour of historic constructions is deeply influenced by qualitative and difficult-to-quantify factors, including historical transformations,construction stratigraphy, material heterogeneity, degradation processes, previous strengthening interventions, and local construction techniques. ExistingSA procedures and modelling tools rarely integrate these factors systematically, despite their fundamental role in the activation of vulnerabilities and damagemechanisms.
DaTuM4SHAPES aims at developing an interdisciplinary and knowledge-based framework for the SA of HMBs, integrating these qualitative factors based onempirical post-earthquake evidence through digital knowledge modelling. Founded on the expertise of architectural restoration scholars specialised instructural conservation, the project will integrate competences in buildings survey and geomatics, seismic assessment, archaeology of buildings, and digitalheritage in order to define operational workflows able to transform historical and stratigraphic knowledge from a merely descriptive tool into an operationalcomponent of SA and decision-making processes.
The research builds upon extensive datasets and previous investigations related to the recent major Italian seismic sequences, considering representativetypologies such as churches, palaces, castles, and urban clusters. Particular attention will be devoted to so-called “hybrid” buildings, whose behaviour hasbeen significantly modified by 20th century strengthening interventions.
The project will be based on the construction of an empirical and interpretative knowledge framework through the collection, harmonization, and analysis ofpost-earthquake data from the last decades. Among these, specific case studies will be identified and critically investigated to highlight the role of 20thcentury strengthening interventions and their influence on seismic response. From the urban to the building scale, the data will be represented throughhistorically informed interoperable GIS/HBIM environments. The translation of qualitative historical and constructive information into structural interpretationand modelling procedures will represent the core of the project, whose outputs will be represented by operational workflows, digital recommendations, andtechnical guidance addressed to practitioners and institutional stakeholders involved in the conservation of HMBs, possibly contributing to the futureupdating of technical standards and guidelines for Architectural Heritage.
The societal impacts of the project are expected to be relevant and concrete, developing and disseminating new practical tools for a more effectivemanagement of structural conservation of Italy’s vast patrimony of built masonry heritage.
DaTuM4SHAPES aims at developing an interdisciplinary and knowledge-based framework for the SA of HMBs, integrating these qualitative factors based onempirical post-earthquake evidence through digital knowledge modelling. Founded on the expertise of architectural restoration scholars specialised instructural conservation, the project will integrate competences in buildings survey and geomatics, seismic assessment, archaeology of buildings, and digitalheritage in order to define operational workflows able to transform historical and stratigraphic knowledge from a merely descriptive tool into an operationalcomponent of SA and decision-making processes.
The research builds upon extensive datasets and previous investigations related to the recent major Italian seismic sequences, considering representativetypologies such as churches, palaces, castles, and urban clusters. Particular attention will be devoted to so-called “hybrid” buildings, whose behaviour hasbeen significantly modified by 20th century strengthening interventions.
The project will be based on the construction of an empirical and interpretative knowledge framework through the collection, harmonization, and analysis ofpost-earthquake data from the last decades. Among these, specific case studies will be identified and critically investigated to highlight the role of 20thcentury strengthening interventions and their influence on seismic response. From the urban to the building scale, the data will be represented throughhistorically informed interoperable GIS/HBIM environments. The translation of qualitative historical and constructive information into structural interpretationand modelling procedures will represent the core of the project, whose outputs will be represented by operational workflows, digital recommendations, andtechnical guidance addressed to practitioners and institutional stakeholders involved in the conservation of HMBs, possibly contributing to the futureupdating of technical standards and guidelines for Architectural Heritage.
The societal impacts of the project are expected to be relevant and concrete, developing and disseminating new practical tools for a more effectivemanagement of structural conservation of Italy’s vast patrimony of built masonry heritage.