Noble castles of the late Middle Ages in Northwest Italy, International Conference on Modern Age Fortifications of the Mediterranean Coast.
EAUH Conference 2018, Urban renewal and resilience cities in comparative perspective.
EAUH Conference 2018, Urban renewal and resilience cities in comparative perspective.
The monastic reform implemented by the Cistercian order imposed a precise organization of the community spaces. In particular the refectory assumed a fundamental role in the monastery: a community space with strict rules of use and access, to the religious monks only. At the end of the eleventh century the refectory finded a precise definition both in its topographical position in relation to the church and cloister, and in the composition of the interior space. In particular the refectory reflected the modularity that it could be found in the architecture of the Cistercian abbeys.
Knowledge and enhancement of the religious architectural heritage, whether in use or abandoned, constitute themes of great interest, being currently the object of a wide debate and a multidisciplinary literature. Cultural and social responsibilities require a set of knowledge and skills that must take into account the normative and pastoral instructions and community occurrences.
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The ecologic issue highlighted by the Encyclical letter Laudato Si’ (Francesco 2015) is a complex problem involving environmental, economic and social aspects.
The interest in automatic modal parameter extraction techniques has increased significantly in recent years because of the rising demand for Continuous Structural Health Monitoring (CSHM) of civil structures and infrastructures. The wider use of CSHM is related to its capability for early damage detection and therefore to its usefulness for planning maintenance and strengthening interventions.
Effective diagnostic and monitoring systems are highly needed in the building and infrastructure sector, to provide a comprehensive assessment of the structural health state and improve the maintenance and restoration planning. Vibration-based techniques, and especially ambient vibration testing, have proved to be particularly suitable for both periodic and continuous monitoring of existing structures. As a general requirement, permanent systems must include a sensing network able to run a continuous surveillance and provide reliable analyses based on different information sources.