Identity and Earthquakes

Identity and Earthquakes: Repair with Gold

Glazenburg, Julia (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Architectural Engineering +Technology)

Smit, Mo (mentor)
van der Zaag, Engbert (mentor)
Mulder, Koen (mentor)

Delft University of Technology

Seismic Architecture

2017-11-02

Earthquakes, as a result of commercial extraction of natural gas out of deep soil, has become a frequently recurring phenomenon in the province of Groningen. Historically earthquakes have never been an issue in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is not prepared for this phenomenon. A lot of buildings in Groningen are damaged as a result of earthquakes. Excising buildings lose their value because of these damages. Several, mostly wooden, auxiliary constructions are placed to support the walls. Currently there are solutions, but most of them are temporary instead of permanent.

Most of the Groninger buildings are made out of brickwork. But masonry is the worst you can have during an earthquake. It looks like an easy solution to think about new materials. But how do we keep the existing stock, with a tradition in brickwork, in its monumental quality, while on the other hand we have to think about an earthquake-resistant solution? My goal is to look for a solution to retain the identity of the Groninger brickwork and look for a way to make this brickwork earthquake-resistant as well.

Earthquake Architecture
Groningen

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Student theses

master thesis

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