JURINA LORENZO / ԻՒՐԻՆԱ ԼՈՐԵՆՑՈ
(eng)
Strengthening Armenian churches: some innovative proposals
Ամրակայել Հայկական Եկեղեցիներ. որոշ նորարարական առաջարկներ
Bazmavep
2014 / 1-2,
pp.
174-188
The ancient Armenian culture offers a wide number of historical buildings which show interesting technologies and materials adopted during the construction phases. In the last decades, some of these pieces of ancient heritage have suffered an evident structural deterioration, especially due to seismic events. In some cases, the structure reached local or global collapse. Three case studies are illustrated in this article, analyzing some consolidation interventions proposed by the author. The first case deals with Marmashen monastery, where a not invasive, reversible, and efficient consolidation solution was adopted to strengthen the drum. The second case has to do with Arudj church. Local kinematics were detected during the survey so that a global intervention of structural steel ties was proposed to restore an overall “box-like behavior”. The third case concerns the ruins of a very famous church in Ani, where several innovative applications of the Reinforced Arch Method (RAM) were proposed.