Il laterizio nelle abitazioni tradizionali a Mashhad, Iran: conoscenza e restauro

The present paper, derived from a PhD dissertation, studies the most ancient houses of Mashhad, the holy city of ‎Iran. The residential buildings in question, including numerous traditional dwellings in different scales, have ‎confronted with transformation and been under destruction by local municipality due to urban developments. In ‎the meantime, most remnants which have got away with demolition are partially in ruin or abandoned, in spite of ‎possessing historical values and architectural features worthy of being preserved. Since both great mansions and ‎vernacular houses in Mashhad are built of brick-masonries, a descriptive documentation of the nature of bricks, ‎the damages they face as well as the implementing methods associated with sketches will assist scholars with the ‎recognition of heritage exposed to annihilation. The approach has been mainly concerned with direct observation ‎of the masonries together with laboratory analyses of the brick samples taken from case studies complemented ‎with library and archival resources. Additionally, the recent conservation projects in which the author was directly ‎present or involved have been highlighted to provide a Comprehensive research work.