Notes on a cantilever
A local intervention only makes sense if you understand the surrounding force flow, not only the detail that appears problematic.
Structural Engineering Practice Journal
Project notes, internal practice observations, and technical explanations.
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…
What we see before design
A good investigation does not gather information at random; it reduces the uncertainties that can alter the structural solution.
Structure as argument
In existing-building projects, the solution must be technically defensible in relation to its context, not only correctly calculated in isolation.
Contactless coverage
There are situations in which the real protection of a monument comes from a new structure that neither forces it nor confuses…
Traces, limits, readings
On historic structures, traces do not speak on their own; they have to be read without projecting rushed explanations onto them.
How we read a degraded slab.
Slab degradation is not assessed by appearance, but by the way the elements still collaborate or have ceased to do so.
Existing-structure intervention, without improvisation.
Working on existing structures does not allow fast solutions without verification; every deviation propagates into the building and into execution.
The effort you do not see.
Many decisive decisions in a project do not become spectacular images, but without them the site would not have technical stability.
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