Survey of Architecture. Complex models for analysis, valorisation,restoration

Abstract: Meaning moves from the architectural form, but varies due to the effect of modifications on the architectural form, of its existence in a real context, and of social solicitation, which view it as protagonist; it is a function of valuations that have gained credit in time and of those that emerge due to the different analyses that are conducted. Both graphic analysis (selection/emphasis of signs; functional, distributive and compositional schemes) as well as instrumental analysis (new acquisition instruments, restitution software, archival documents), that tend to create a dialogue with the work that is the subject of the study in order to make its value emerge. In architectural analysis, only the language of representation – acquisition and return software –appear to us to be able to build a dialogue and to ‘take’ surveys and works as interlocutors: through it, it is possible to conduct repeated tests, select cognitive contributions and verify the correctness of the solutions, but above all it is possible to realize an area of action in which every author can enter their own research ability and selection of architectural significance.