Rammed earth architecture is still widespread and alive in Bhutan, especially in rural villages, where dwellings are built by the local community. The country recently suffered two intense earthquakes that put traditional architecture at risk. Rammed earth building techniques show high seismic vulnerability by nature, whose degree strongly depends on good building practices. Within the framework of SATREPS, a research project led by Nagoya University in collaboration with the Royal Government of Bhutan and the Politecnico di Torino, this article aims to investigate the role of local building practice in fostering the most frequently occurring seismic failure mechanisms in unreinforced masonry such as rammed earth. Those mechanisms have been cross-checked with damage-assessment-related studies carried out by the Bhutanese government. Traditional building practices, potential weaknesses, and the influence on seismic failure mechanisms have been analyzed through definite parameters. Outcomes have been verified through a full-scale static test conducted on a rammed earth mock-up building.

夯土建筑在不丹仍然普遍存在，特别是在农村地区，那里的住房由当地社区建造。该国最近遭受两次强烈地震，使传统建筑处于危险之中。夯土建筑技术本质上显示出很高的地震脆弱性，其程度在很大程度上取决于良好的建筑规范。在SATREPS的框架内，这是由名古屋大学与不丹王国政府和都灵理工大学合作进行的一项研究项目，旨在研究当地建筑实践在培育非加固石工中最频繁发生的地震破坏机制中的作用。例如夯土。不丹政府进行的与损害评估相关的研究对这些机制进行了交叉检验。通过确定的参数分析了传统的建筑实践，潜在的弱点以及对地震破坏机制的影响。结果已通过在夯土模型建筑上进行的全面静态测试得到了验证。