Historical building with timber frame in the Ligur region: an inventory proposal

The Liguria region emphasizes a widespread and little known historical asset with framing structures dated back to the 19th and 20th century. The herein contribution derives from studies included in some thesis developed Dipartimento di Architettura e Design of Università di Genova with the cooperation of public institution and professor of the other universities. An essential tool for the conservation, generally speaking, of the cultural heritage, knowledge. To that purppose this contribution proposes a template aimed at inventorying framed buildings in the Liguria region. The template follows a tree-like structure, so that informationcan be recorded from the whole construction to the single parts constituting the wooden framed masonry. It is the geometrical features of the building emphasizing possible irregularities in plan and also in height, from which torsional motions could trigger under earthquakes. Other fields template follow the hierarchical organisation that characterizes wooden structure, in members and structural units connected by joints and auxiliary beams to form a strong system. For such combination, the template provides data on the geometry, dimension regarding materials features relatively to the stone and mortar type and to the wooden. The degrade is also listed and is detected by means of several type laboratories and in situ tests. It is divided in the template in that derived from causes mechanical nature and due to biotical agent, deducing the reliability level of the load the structure.