Consolidation of Historical Buildings: A) Rescuing the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, B) Studies of
the Dome of Saint Peter’s Basilica, C) The Basilica of Saint Bernardino in L’Aquila.
Application and
research
A) (Application)
Securing the Site: identification of instability’s intrinsic causes; safe rapid strategies of intervention;
provisional supports; reducing instability’s causes using already “definitive” interventions; setting up a safe
work site.
Definitive Interventions: in-depht analysis of instability’s causes (diagnostic campaigns/ mathematical
models); sealing of gaps in the structures of collapsed vaults and arches; reinforcement of the most
vulnerable elements using advanced technologies.
B) (Research)
Methodology: archival and documentary sources analysis; 3D laser scan survey; diagnostic investigation;
steel reinforcements selection; mathematical model of the Dome.
C) (Application): immediate supports; operating froma a safe zone; investigation; intervention.