A devastating earthquake with a magnitude of Mw=7.7 struck Pazarcık (Kahramanmaraş) on February 6, 2023, at 04:17 local time, as reported by AFAD. The earthquake had

Earthquakes can have devastating impacts on communities, causing widespread destruction and loss of life. The recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria are examples of their

While the influence of the component strength on the structural behaviour of Historic Masonry Structures is relatively well studied, few studies have investigated masonry textures.

Two of the team members, Dr Shaghayegh Karimzadeh and Dr Vasco Bernardo, in collaboration with Assist Prof Onur Kaplan from the American University of the

In line with the research on WP1 of the S4H project, we would like to invite you to participate in the Minisymposium 48, “Recent advances

The PI of S4H, Prof. Paulo Lourenço, and the PhD student Mr. Georgios Vlachakis have initiated a collaboration with the EESD laboratory in EPFL. Georgios

Dry stone masonry retaining walls (DSRWs) are made of rubble stones assembled without mortar. This vernacular technique has allowed the building of an enormous amount

The S4H team has released the second newsletter of the STAND4HERITAGE project, which highlights the progress of the S4H project from 10/2021 to 09/2022. The

Many variables influence the seismic behaviour of masonry structures. However, few researchers investigated the influence of such geometrical and mechanical parameters by using more than

Mr. Daniel Caicedo from Venezuela recently joined the S4H team as a PhD student. Daniel received the BSc degree in Civil Engineering in 2017 from

Dr Vasco Bernardo has recently joined the S4H Team as Postdoctoral Researcher. He is from Lisbon and his expertise focuses on the Seismic Vulnerability and

The S4H team participated in the 3rd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering & Seismology (3ECEES), which was held between the 4th and 9th of September