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Expressive exposed-concrete facade
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Selected structural work · 2026

Structures.
Read clearly.

Dr Bledian NelaStructural & Conservation Engineer

Opening note

Engineering begins with evidence—and ends with a detail that can be built.

This portfolio brings together selected work on new, existing and historic structures. Each project is read through its load path, material evidence, cultural value and construction reality.

BNBledian Nela
Prishtina · Rome
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Dr Bledian Nela

Profile / 01

Bledian
Nela.

Structural and conservation engineer working across assessment, seismic evaluation, strengthening and the design of new structures.

Based
Kosovo · Italy
Focus
New, existing & historic buildings
Approach
Evidence · mechanics · buildability
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Practice / 02

From survey
to site.

01InvestigateSurvey, testing, monitoring and structural stratigraphy.
02UnderstandLoad paths, damage mechanisms and numerical models.
03InterveneCompatible, proportionate and constructible strengthening.
04DeliverReports, BoQ, specifications, drawings and site support.
Structural assessment · Seismic engineering · Conservation · Timber · Masonry · Reinforced concrete · Steel
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Contents

Selected
works.

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    Kino LumbardhiPrizren · structural investigation and strengthening
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Sample edition · one complete project record

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Kino Lumbardhi auditorium with proposed steel strengthening frames
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Heritage structures

Kino
Lumbardhi.

Prizren, Kosovo · Conservation engineering06

01 / Kino Lumbardhi

Historic fabric.
New resilience.

Kino Lumbardhi in Prizren
RoleConservation Engineer
StructureMasonry · timber roof
ScopeAssessment · strengthening

A conservation-led structural investigation combining measured evidence, non-destructive testing and nonlinear assessment to define a compatible strengthening strategy for the historic cinema.

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Investigation / Material evidence

Read before
modelling.

Structural investigation campaign and building section at Kino Lumbardhi
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Visual survey, opening-up works, masonry characterisation, timber inspection, NDT and MASW testing established the basis for assessment.

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Assessment / Numerical evidence

Nonlinear structural assessment models for Kino Lumbardhi
Nonlinear assessment

Demand made
visible.

Global behaviour, local vulnerabilities and seismic demand were compared to identify the mechanisms that genuinely governed the intervention.

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Intervention / Structural strategy

Steel frames and upper ties proposed inside Kino Lumbardhi
Strengthening logic

Support the hall.
Respect the cinema.

Two internal steel frames and three upper ties organise the principal strengthening system, supported by compatible local measures and construction documentation.

  • Two internal steel frames
  • Three upper ties
  • Local compatible repairs
  • Reports · BoQ · specifications · price schedules
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Portfolio / Sample edition

One project.
A complete method.

This first edition establishes the visual and editorial system. Further project chapters can be added without changing the reading experience.

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Expressive exposed-concrete facade
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Selected structural work · 2026

Structures.
Read clearly.

Dr Bledian NelaStructural & Conservation Engineer