An Italian contribution to architectural restoration
Giovanni Carbonara
The essay provides an up-to-date review of the realities Italian restoration. Restoration work feeds off doubt that stems directly from historical and balance, a conceptual rigour practical approach at same time. is carried out always only on original, with all attendant risks error damage, thus prudence demands. One most recent definitions restoration put forward: “By restoration, therefore, meant any intervention has aim conserving transmitting to future works historical, artistic environmental interest, facilitating reading them while not erasing traces passage time this based respect for ancient material land authentic documentation such constitute and, moreover, be seen as critical act interpretation verbal but expressed concretely in out. Or, more precisely, it hypothesis proposition modifiable, without ever altering irreversibly original”. true nature complete fusion technical-scientific expertise. It therefore artificial distinguish between ‘project consolidation’ truly described project. This distinction assumption (to demonstrated) building static problems those related materials can isolated treated separately overall understanding architectural ensemble. So paper stresses research methodology, project specific skills. As part principle unity methods interdisciplinarity viewed principal tool bringing together consistently fully different skills necessary study conservation monuments. In summary, there are three fundamental components: (1) history architecture theory restoration; (2) techniques survey, analysis, diagnosis structure; (3) legislative regulatory aspects. author emphasises link access monumental heritage. definition ‘an culture’ (fundamentally critical-historical technical-scientific) leads reflection culture is, by definition, exchange, communication opening up people distinction. because its cultural nature, need recommendations, trends orientations rather than regulations. looks future, past. educational commemorative functions generations, young people; ultimately concerned satisfaction per se preparation citizens their quality life, widest possible spiritual sense. conclusion, some perspectives new millennium offered. We have ask ourselves whether society today still able guarantee role memory, value traditions, or beauty itself. At first sight, seems interest been reinforced times. time, we aware dominant pressures wanting renovate redesign our environment, giving priority above economic factors revenue. To recall earlier declaration Renato Bonelli: contemporary interested things themselves, they modern. consumerist, also complexities, however opens vents.
Frontiers of Architectural Research