The graphic heritage preserved in architectural archives constitutes an important legacy, not only to be preserved and handed down, but to be disseminated through research and new digital representations that broaden its diffusion and knowledge. The steps relating to the design phases that lead from the sketch to the final project, including the different options and the events that led to the completion of the work, take on the role of testimony of a compositional method surpassed by the fastest computer graphics softwares. Traditional drawings, unlike CAD ones where the graphic process is standardized, allow you to read the cultural and expressive paths imprinted on fragile paper supports. It therefore appears necessary to pay specific attention to research on original projects, on fragile drawings that risk disappearing due to the perishability of the material that define them and their lack of systematization, in particular that relating to the numerous private archives in the cataloguing phase. In this sense, a research methodology is proposed applied to a case study, conducted using a replicable and implementable scientific method dedicated to architectural archives.
Architectural Archives: Graphic Legacies and Digital Divulgations
Caterina Palestini
;Lorenzo Pellegrini
2024-01-01
Abstract
The graphic heritage preserved in architectural archives constitutes an important legacy, not only to be preserved and handed down, but to be disseminated through research and new digital representations that broaden its diffusion and knowledge. The steps relating to the design phases that lead from the sketch to the final project, including the different options and the events that led to the completion of the work, take on the role of testimony of a compositional method surpassed by the fastest computer graphics softwares. Traditional drawings, unlike CAD ones where the graphic process is standardized, allow you to read the cultural and expressive paths imprinted on fragile paper supports. It therefore appears necessary to pay specific attention to research on original projects, on fragile drawings that risk disappearing due to the perishability of the material that define them and their lack of systematization, in particular that relating to the numerous private archives in the cataloguing phase. In this sense, a research methodology is proposed applied to a case study, conducted using a replicable and implementable scientific method dedicated to architectural archives.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
