Assessment of structural performance of retrofit measures on characteristic "interwar" structures in Bucharest, Romania

This study is dedicated to the preservation of the heritage of the Modern Movement, particularly through improving the structural response to seismic solicitations, which are common in some of the areas where significant works in this style can be found, including Bucharest, Romania. The focus is on developing and validating methodology according to which the vulnerability of "interwar" buildings, which is the other name given to the blocks of flats which witnessing the Modern Movement in the Romanian capital. To complement this study with a geographical generalisation, the models proposed have been also tested for selected earthquakes, taking into account that the Modern Movement left its traces in form of that very characteristic blocks of flats there as well.