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This work deals with structural analysis and health monitoring (SHM) of a valuable structure of the twentieth-century cultural heritage: the Flaminio Stadium in Rome. The Flaminio is one of the iconic reinforced concrete sport facilities designed and built by Pier Luigi Nervi for the 1960 Olympic Games of Rome.

In this paper, a new methodology for measuring
the cracking for the Structural Health Monitoring
(SHM) of cultural heritage, is presented. This
methodology is characterized by being minimally invasive
on the artifact to preserve, which is one of the main
qualities required in this field. The approach used is
to determine the relative distance between two optical
tags, using advanced fitting algorithms for the objective
function. In this work, we have taken into account
different objective-function kinds, in order to find the

To cope with climate change energy sustainability is considered the key target EU Countries set to achieve by 2020. Existing energy users such as building stock require huge efforts to be aligned to this goal. This is the case of the University of Rome “La Sapienza” campus since it was built even before first regulations on energy saving, i.e. Italian Law 10/91. Current energy classification assigns to them the energy efficiency class G, far from class A, the energy label to be achieved by 2020.

Modern architecture built in historical urban contexts represents a demanding issue when its energy efficiency should be improved. Indeed, the strongest efforts have to be made to maintain the architectural identity and its harmony with the surrounding cultural heritage. This study deals with the main building of the School of Architecture Valle Giulia in Rome, designed by Enrico Del Debbio in the 30’s. Further constraints are related to several interventions of airspace expansion starting from 1958 which involved the building starting from 1958.

The paper presents the vision inspiring the MAdaba Regional Archaeological Museum Prokect (MRAMP), Jordan and reports on the results of the 2016 Pilot Season.

The proceedings contain 10 papers.

In this work, the assessment of water content of building materials, to be used for moisture content monitoring of Cultural Heritage structures is addressed. To this purpose, different methods and probes were comparatively used to infer, noninvasively, the relationship between the water content of stone materials and the reflection properties at microwave frequency of the material. In particular, three types of probes were used: an open-ended coaxial probe; a patch resonator; and an open-ended waveguide.

La sfida di una rivista di comunicazione e ricerca sociale, che sceglie di dedicare un monografico alle caratteristiche e agli immaginari che si creano intorno al ristorante italiano, apre la strada a una successiva curiosità, fortemente ancorata alla rinascita di nuove forme di consumo del cibo, più veloci e “di passaggio” rispetto alla ristorazione tradizionale, ma non per questo meno interessanti da studiare, come lo street food.

Cultural Heritage is a wide concept. It's what remains of the past generations Cultural Heritage includes tangible culture (such as buildings, monuments, landscapes, books, works of art and artifacts), intangible culture (such as folklore, music, traditions, language and knowledge) and natural heritage (including culturally significant landscapes, and biodiversity). A good preservation, restauration and valorization of Cultural Heritage embraces tangible and intangible culture, actually not evaluated in an holistic way.