Robustness and resilience of a passive control solution assembling buffer and cladding panels

The adoption of cladding panels as dissipation device is a sort of passive control \"ante litteram\" for residential and commercial buildings. This paper gives details on the current technology outlining the difference between buffer panels and cladding panels. The discussion of robustness and resilience of the resulting system is afforded. It is shown that the strength of such solution, originally related to economy and light weight, is mainly associated with the respect of the main robustness requisites, as well as the short time it requires for removal and replacement (resilience).