Architetture fortificate e gestione dell'emergenza post-sisma: nuovi possibili strumenti per il rilievo del danno

The Emilia 2012 earthquake highlighted, once again, the vulnerability of the Italian architectural heritage, and in particular of fortified architectures. In order to safe this asset, it is essential to manage properly the post-earthquake phase and to ensure fast and more correct emergency surveys, currently carried out through the two existing damage assessment inventory sheets for listed buildings: A-DC form for churches and B-DP form for palaces. After the Emilia earthquake, the B-DP form was used to survey the seismic mechanisms of the 21 damaged castles. However, some difficulties emerged. Indeed, the B-DP form does not provide for the census of kinematics typical of castle macro-elements, such as: towers, curtain walls, merlons, corbels etc. For this reason, in collaboration with the Regional Agency for Reconstruction-Earthquake 2012, a damage assessment inventory sheet for fortified architectures was proposed, including a specific abacus of collapse mechanisms and a related compilation manual. These tools should help survey teams to provide evaluations in a more immediate and correct manner. However, the real turning point, for a better management of the emergency phase, could be the digitization of the forms, especially if this step is carried out with a view to interoperability with the digital databases already in use by the Ministry of Culture (MiC).