CONSTRUCTION
TYPES
CONSTRUCTION
ELEMENTS
   
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Buildings and Palaces
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Religious buildings
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Towers
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Free-Standing Elements
Wall
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Floor
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Roof
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Arch / Vault
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Columns
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Sub-Assemblage Connections
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The Project
The NIKER project presents a new integrated set of methods for solving problems linked to the conservation of historic buildings in seismic areas, to improve general safety levels and to minimize the loss of artistic value.
(see more at http://www.niker.eu)
The Catalogue
The NIKER Catalogue links earthquake-induced failure mechanisms, construction typologies and materials, interventions and assessment techniques. It aims at knowledge-based optimisation of interventions, together with definition of main design parameters and required materials and techniques.