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(A) (B)

(C) (D)

(E) (F)
FIG. 3.1 Different views of the example building. (A) Location. (B) Eastern view. (C) Southern
view. (D) North-east view. (E) West-south view. (F) West-north view. (Photos taken by
T. Honarbakhsh.)

environmental concerns, it was decided to study the possibility of retrofit of the
building instead of demolition/reconstruction.
The project consists of two phases: vulnerability assessment of the building
and designing the retrofit system. The vulnerability assessment phase involves
the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the building and the second phase
includes studying the possible retrofit methods and finally selection and design
of the best method. In order to perform qualitative evaluation of the building,