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Sprayed cementitious mortars to strengthen urban buildings: Case study in Barcelona, Spain
(2020)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyCities the world over require more resilient architecture that satisfies stricter structural safety standards than in the past. However, there are too many urban building structures about to reach the end of their designed ... -
Gold leaf Murano glass piastras‘ performance in the trencadís Catalan modernism mosaic: recognition of primary alteration patterns
(2020)
Conference report
Open AccessGold leaf Murano glass is a unique product that over the centuries, especially during Byzantine period, has been used as facing forming big flat or curved mosaics that result in an architecture full of light and symbolism. ... -
Smalti Murano Glass Tessella’s Applied Outdoor in the Trencadís Catalan Modernism Mosaic: Recognition of Preliminary Alteration Patterns
(2020)
Conference report
Open AccessThis contribution presents previous results of a study carried out with the aim of achieving better results in the restoration processes by replacing the tiles of an exterior mosaic tiling of the Trencadís type of Catalan ... -
PNEULASTICS, pneumatically activated differentiated stretchable membranes
(International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2019)
Conference lecture
Open AccessThe object of this research is the design of pneulastics, initially flat, pneumatically activated stretchable membranes with areas of differentiated thickness- and therefore elasticity- that respond ... -
Study case: Design of a spherical actively-bent chebychev net triangular gridshell covered by a stretchable membrane
(International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2019)
Conference lecture
Open AccessThe aim of this study is to design and build a spherical elastic gridshell, 6m in diameter and covered by a stretchable membrane; using the previously published work in Chebychev Net gridshells [8] and the introduction of ... -
G-shells:flat collapsible geodesic mechanisms for gridshells
(International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2019)
Conference lecture
Open AccessWe present G-shells, a new strategy for deployable elastic gridshells developed from an initially flat and compact geodesic mechanism. The one-degree of freedom mechanism evolves from its initially flat state into a geodesic ... -
Herramienta automatizada para evaluación rápida de la vulnerabilidad estructural y no estructural de hospitales
(Asociación Chilena de Sismología e Ingeniería Antisísmica, 2019)
Conference lecture
Open AccessA tool for rapid and automatic assessment of the seismic structural and non-structural vulnerability of hospitals is presented; this vulnerability refers to the operability after strong earthquakes. The non-structural ... -
Learning from BARCHcelona, an educational experience in the urban environment for incoming students of architecture studies within the Erasmus+ program
(2019)
Conference report
Open AccessLa ETS de Arquitectura del Vallès (ETSAV) de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya es una escuela de educación superior de tamaño medio (1000 estudiantes). La demanda de estudiantes europeos interesados en llevar a cabo ... -
A case study of structural monitoring as a control tool in the restoration process of Heritage Structures: The strengthening of the Vistabella Church’s Tower
(2019)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe Sacred Heart church of Vistabella (La Secuita, Tarragona) was designed by Josep Maria Jujol, one of the masters of Catalan Modernism, and built in the early twenties of the XX century. The structure of the steeple ... -
Estructura metálicas postesadas en edificación : evolución histórica y situación actual
(Associació de Consultors d'Estructures, 2019)
Conference report
Open AccessEl pretensado en estructuras no solo es patrimonio del hormigón armado: el acero pretensado empezó casi un siglo antes, pero su uso ha tenido menos recorrido y aplicación que en el caso del hormigón. La introducción de ... -
Proposal for the development of an alternative system for wall lining interior partitions to improve existing housing performances, based on use of moulded panels of recycled pulp of cellulose
(2019)
Conference report
Open AccessThe present contribution deals with the development of a constructive system for wall lining of partition walls focused on the rehabilitation of existing dwellings that present deficits in terms of insulation and the layout ... -
Restauración y refuerzo estructural del campanario de la iglesia de Vistabella : el uso de técnicas de postesado
(Associació de Consultors d'Estructures, 2019)
Conference report
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