ABSTRACT
The research topic are historic reinforced concrete buildings in Romania and Italy and their respective need for conservation action today. They were put in the context of comparative studies with other European countries, but also with other related types for which there was a study of geographical spread, i.e. timber frame structures fundamentally different in terms of seismic performance. An approach to the material "concrete" at the beginning of its use, before that in mass, was performed, considering materials theory and tectonics in architecture, including space-structure relationship. Subsequently, detailed architectural features were related to the organisation in the plan opposite the structure and vulnerability, and the building of the structure out of this material, in order to achieve a structural model for further studies. All these features are underlying a decision to select the system and system-building technique, a subcategory of conservation. Documents were found that influence the conservation approach, with particular emphasis on participation, an extended form of the decision. Decision in the building is integrated into the urban level to increase the seismic resilience. At various levels it is envisaged that the results can be used by other disciplines, such as organization of information resources for computer software ontology.
