Survey of buildings, elaboration of urban maps, databases for describing the seismic behavior of historical sites

This research, whose ultimate purpose is the protection of historic city centers through the evaluation of the potential seismic risk involves the technical support of different disciplines. As the matter is characterized within a territorial area, it is obvious the completeness and the ampleness of the necessary knowledge. The contribution of the needed multiple competences, that have broadly been discussed and elaborated, range from the methodological point of view to the historical-critical analysis. The development of the research allowed to evaluate and to highlight some critical operational steps, that have emerged by analyzing the new case study identified in the southwest of the historic center of Chieri. The survey work must be closely linked to the cognitive context. It means it is necessary to represent the environment geometry of the site, but also to investigate the historical memory dynamics, and last but not least the material characteristic of the architectural artifact. This research, whose ultimate goal is protecting the historical urban centers by assessing their seismic potential risk, required the technical support of different disciplines, ranging from structural engineering to history of architecture.