My experience as a SAHC Student
September 2018, twenty-six complete strangers from all around the world met in the city where Portugal was born - Guimaraes. Coming from different cultures and speaking different native...
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A Brief History of Paris’s Notre-Dame
In April, a structure fire broke out beneath the roof of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. The fire was extinguished, but the consequences were devastating. Three emergency workers were injured and the building's spire and...
The Fire in Barcelona’s Santa Maria del Mar
Santa Maria del Mar is a sandstone masonry gothic basilica located in the historic district of Barcelona. In 1936, during the Spanish Civil War, anarchist set the pews...
Structural analysis of Palladio’s timber bridge in Bassano del Grappa
The Bassano's bridge is a covered timber bridge 65m long and 8m wide located in the Veneto Region in Italy. During its history it was destroyed several times...
Optimization of a computational model for the restoration of the intrados of the Charles Bridge (Prague)
The Charles Bridge is part of the world heritage: such piece of Gothic architecture must be maintained as a remain of history. Urgent attention should be paid to...
Numerical modelling of the seismic behavior of timber-framed structures based on macro-elements
Historical timber-framed structures can be found all over the world since ancient times, being able to observe a variety of procedures and construction systems which is adapted to...
Making Earth Construction Great Again
Earthen building techniques Nowadays it is estimated that the world population currently living or working in constructions built from raw earth is in the range of 30–40%. Earthen...
25 Years of SAHC Conference – A new understanding of Structural Conservation
Scientific and technical advancements The last decades have brought many important scientific and technical advancements in the study and conservation of historical structures. Clearly regarded as a multidisciplinary activity,...
Modelling of the seismic behaviour of TRM-strengthened rammed earth walls
This thesis of the author Reza Allahvirdizadeh was developed within the framework of SAHC Erasmus Mundus Master Course. Earthen constructions constitute a considerable part of the existing heritage...
Structural performance of shells of historical constructions: The Municipal Theatre of Rio de Janeiro
The main objective of this thesis of the author Marina Polónia Rios is to evaluate the structural behaviour of shell elements in the Municipal Theatre of Rio de...