The concept of local seismic cultures is based on a widely verified principle: among sedentary populations living in areas with a long seismic tradition, buildings are realized with special anti-seismic precautions, differing from culture to culture but all having the same objective in common: to prevent the immediate and total collapse in case of earthquake. Studies of local seismic cultures in Tuscany, a region with significant seismic activity, especially in the north-eastern Apennines (Garfagnana, Lunigiana, Mugello, Valtiberina), the central coastal area (Livorno Hills, Colline Metallifere) and to south of Mount Amiata, get to identify vernacular building techniques and materials with a function of defense against earthquakes. The resident populations are authors of their specific seismic culture which has given rise to constructive rules, which while uncodified and unwritten are still legible in the morphology and structural features of buildings.
Architettura vernacolare e culture sismiche locali in Toscana/Vernacular architecture and local seismic cultures in Tuscany
Denise Ulivieri;Stefania Landi
2019-01-01
Abstract
The concept of local seismic cultures is based on a widely verified principle: among sedentary populations living in areas with a long seismic tradition, buildings are realized with special anti-seismic precautions, differing from culture to culture but all having the same objective in common: to prevent the immediate and total collapse in case of earthquake. Studies of local seismic cultures in Tuscany, a region with significant seismic activity, especially in the north-eastern Apennines (Garfagnana, Lunigiana, Mugello, Valtiberina), the central coastal area (Livorno Hills, Colline Metallifere) and to south of Mount Amiata, get to identify vernacular building techniques and materials with a function of defense against earthquakes. The resident populations are authors of their specific seismic culture which has given rise to constructive rules, which while uncodified and unwritten are still legible in the morphology and structural features of buildings.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.