Author: milero
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Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa – the Roman capital of Dacia
About 40 km from the former Dacian capital, the Romans founded Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augusta Dacica Sarmizegetusa, the first city of the new province of Dacia, established immediately after Trajan’s victory. The city was built according to a typical Roman urban plan, featuring a forum, an amphitheater, temples, administrative buildings, and residential districts. If you…
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Notes on a cantilever
A local intervention only makes sense if you understand the surrounding force flow, not only the detail that appears problematic.
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What we see before design
A good investigation does not gather information at random; it reduces the uncertainties that can alter the structural solution.
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Structure as argument
In existing-building projects, the solution must be technically defensible in relation to its context, not only correctly calculated in isolation.
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Contactless coverage
There are situations in which the real protection of a monument comes from a new structure that neither forces it nor confuses itself with it.
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Traces, limits, readings
On historic structures, traces do not speak on their own; they have to be read without projecting rushed explanations onto them.