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SCIENTIFIC CULTURE, Vol. 8, No. 2, (2022), pp. 47-57
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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5772531
SEISMIC VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
OF A 17
TH
CENTURY NEAPOLITAN FARM
Giovanna Longobardi & Antonio Formisano
University of Naples Federico II, Piazzale Tecchio 80, 80125 Naples, Italy
(giovanna.longobardi95@gmail.com; antoform@unina.it)
Received: 25/01/2022
Accepted: 04/02/2022
ABSTRACT
In this paper, seismic vulnerability appraisement, restoration, and consolidation plan of a 17
th
century
masonry building (Rossi farm) with cultural and artistic value located in a small city near Naples are reported
and discussed. This case study is presented and described, providing historical data and information about its
actual conditions, spaces, functions and structures. Once the crack pattern detected in the building has been
appropriately traced, the knowledge is deepened by performing all the three seismic risk assessment analyses
proposed by the “Italian Guidelines for the assessment and reduction of seismic risk of cultural heritage". The
first evaluation level is a qualitative and simplified tool allowing for the knowledge of the risk level of the
building under study. Afterwards, the structure has been subjected to more accurate investigations dealing
with its local mechanisms and global behaviour in the second and the third evaluation levels, respectively. In
all three analysis phases, the results have shown the high vulnerability of the masonry farm.
Based on these results, a consolidation plan, according to the Cultural Heritage Italian Guidelines suggestions,
has been proposed.
KEYWORDS: Cultural heritage, seismic vulnerability, masonry building, pushover analysis, consolidation
operations, restoration project.