Merita Guri

Polis University, Tirana · Architecture and Engineering

Many countries in Eastern Europe, during the 1960-1970s, as well as Albania responded to the growing demand for new houses utilizing the emerging trends for industrialization of the construction process and mass construction of prefabricated residential buildings based on large-panel prefabricated RC elements. During the 1970s large-panel buildings...

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and community resilience is considered as a global priority. For several decades the focus has been on changing the approach from emergency response towards prevention strategies. Within this approach local authorities have a fundamental role in reducing such disasters as they represent the link between the community a...

The paper discusses seismic behaviour of prefabricated reinforced concrete (RC) buildings, known as large panel buildings (LPE), that were affected by the November 26, 2019 Durrës, Albania earthquake (M 6.4). This was a common multi-family housing typology in urban areas of Albania and neighbouring countries, e.g. Yugoslavia, Romania, and Bulgaria,...

In Albania, as a country with high seismic risk, seismic design and assessment of structures is very important. In most cases, the seismic design situation is crucial in structural solution and in the dimensions of elements. In addition to designing new structures seismic assessment of existing structures is an ever-increasing need due to the exist...

Typologies of buildings in Albania, throughout history, depend on construction periods, and are different in terms of size, shape, function, building materials etc. Some buildings were designed based on national design codes which date from 1952 to 1989 which is still officially used in Albania. In recent years there have been different types of st...

On the morning of Tuesday, November 26, 2019, at 3:54 local time, an MW 6.4 earthquake struck 16 km north of Durrës, a port city on the Adriatic coast and the second largest city in Albania. The epicenter was 33 km northwest of Tirana, the largest city and capital of Albania. Deaths and injuries were concentrated in Durrës and the village of Thuman...

The paper discusses the performance of prefabricated reinforced concrete (RC) buildings, known as large-panel buildings (LPE), that were affected by the November 26, 2019 Durrës, Albania earthquake (M 6.4). This was a common typology for multi-family housing in urban areas of Albania and neighbouring countries, e.g. ex-Yugoslavia, Romania, and Bulg...

The study includes analyses of existing school structures built with retaining unreinforced masonry, where some structural problems have been identified as a result of the degradation of masonry parameters over the years, which reduce their carrying capacity. In Albania, as a high seismic risk country, it is very important to design and evaluate an...

The study includes analyses of existing school structures built with retaining unreinforced masonry, where some structural problems have been identified as a result of the degradation of masonry parameters over the years, which reduce their carrying capacity. In Albania, as a high seismic risk country, it is very important to design and evaluate an...

POLIS University publishes the “Forum A+P” – Interdisciplinary Journal of Architecture and Scientific Environment”, the only scientific and cultural magazine in the Albanian –speaking countries on the fields of architecture and territory planning. This magazine is recognized by the Ministry of Education and Science, the Academic Degrees Evaluation...

In Albania, as a country with high seismic risk, it is very important the design and seismic evaluation of buildings. From the economic perspective there are two opsions: repair or demolition. The opportunity to choose is given by the assessment of their actual condition. In the new and old Albanian design codes, there is no specified procedure abo...

POLIS University publishes the “Forum A+P” – Interdisciplinary Journal of Architecture and Scientific Environment”, the only scientific and cultural magazine in the Albanian –speaking countries on the fields of architecture and territory planning. This magazine is recognized by the Ministry of Education and Science, the Academic Degrees Evaluation...