Marsela Plyku Demaj

POLIS University · Department of Scientific Research

Throughout history, the choice of space for the foundation of a city has been conditioned on the requirement for being well protected. Fortified cities are thus among the most ancient and long-lasting settlements. The birth of the unfortified, therefore open city, in Albanian territory, has reappeared during the late Middle Ages, around the 12th ce...

The workshop consisted in a critical and visual laboratory to interpret skyscrapers through specific historical, architectural and spatial paradigms. The skyscraper was explored through a critical analysis of relevant texts and design examples which had a great impact on its spread as an architectural type. Particularly significant Italian case-stu...

This paper presents a case of post disaster risk assessment method, for cultural heritage monuments and sites, implemented in the aftermath of the 2019 earthquake in Albania. The paper aims at showing the importance of using a continuous cycle approach in cultural heritage sites comprised of the five stages: preparedness, planning, response, recove...

Albania is a country exposed to the most common hazards of natural origin such as those of geologic, hydrologic, atmospheric nature etc. On the other hand, the human actions in the global level, exploiting excessively the resources, have negatively impacted many ecosystems, causing alterations of their functions and provoking amplified worldwide ca...

The present edition comprises the rich work and results of all project partners in the framework of Mo.Na project, between 2019 and 2021. This edition aims to be valuable tool for the scientific community as well as for the national authorities of each of the four participating countries, the representatives of which worked systematically for the p...

This publication displays the work undertaken by the participants of the “Training Course on Structural Analysis and Reinforcement Methods and Techniques of Historic Masonry Buildings”, organized in August 2016, by the Institute of Cultural Monuments (ICM), through the Regional Centre for Conservation and Restoration of South East Europe. The proje...

This article is published in the Scientific Journal "Monumentet" and comes as the result of a research study on the Byzantine Church of St. Mary Vllaherna. It aims at the study of the architecture, phases of construction and transformations in time of this church.