LA COMPONENTE ARCHEOLOGICA DELL’EDIFICIOE

DELL’AMBIENTEANTICO: CONSERVAZIONEE RESTAURO,FRA

MEMORIA E DECORO

Angela Squassina,

UniversitàIuavdiVenezia,squassin@iuav.it

ABSTRACT

We usually think of archeology as the field of dead civilizations, whose physical remains recall us a far and

ancestralpast,thatweareabletoapproachonlyasmuseumpieces.

But can we talk about a kind of everyday archeology, that gathers the archeological side of familiar old

thingswearestillusingandofancientbuildingsthatarestilllivedin?

How can we approach those aspects, which are made of spurs and signs of time - that is, often, physical

dacay - and, at the same time, making the objects comply with the needs of the present life, without

changingthemirreversibly?

Can we find a way to appreciate them, keeping them outside the museums, that is without denying their still

livingpart,thusgrantingaproperrespectfortheirage?

Perhaps some examples can help us to focus on these and some more questions, leading us to think about the

conservative intervention as a possible answer, balancing preservation and need for formal order. That is as a

chancetoconnectthe“outsidepastwiththepastthatisinsideourselves”,asRobertoPanesaid.

Parolechiave/Key-words: Conservation,physicaldecay,remains,surfaces,time.