Rione Fossi and the Ducal palace of Accadia: recovery criteria, seismic retrofitting and rehabilitation

The study carried out is based on the most appropriate criteria and intervention philosophies to be implemented in the recovery of damaged or abandoned building artefacts within historic villages. In detail, the object of study was the historic village of the municipality of Accadia (Foggia, Italy); especially the Rione Fossi which today is in a state of complete abandonment and degradation. The constructions present common problems: The collapses of horizontal partitions and the damage to the roofs; the fewer are the cases in which the buildings have collapsed at the vertical partitions. The types of intervention identified are suitable for the damage cases encountered, also allowing the reclamation, the re-functioning and the redevelopment of the entire village,based also on the directives of the National and Local Tourism Strategic Plans. Starting from the structural and architectural analysis of the case study of the Ducal Palace, it was decided to use light and reversible timber construction systems, which are suitable to fulfill a dual task: Structural reinforcement and seismic retrofitting together with the support for the functional recovery of spaces, guaranteeing the preservation and identification of the urban and environmental skyline and landscape. © 2020, University of Cantabria - Building Technology R&D Group. All rights reserved.