ARCHIVES OF ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS: CONTEMPORARY FRUITIONS
In collaboration with AIPAI, Italian Association for Industrial Archaeological Heritage and TICCIH Italy, International Committee for the Conservation of Industrial Heritage, DSDRA – Sapienza University of Rome
Session I – Memory: preservation, protection and enhancement

The Architectural Heritage constitutes one of the most extraordinary legacies of our civilization, and the designs that represent it are valuable evidence of its being and changing over time. Preserving and making usable the drawings and photographs that represented it proves, therefore, to be fundamental: in particular, the surveys and the various graphic elaborations of study and design, constitute a significant source of knowledge, as much for the history of the factories as as a testimony to the methods and technologies of analysis and reading of the different cultural environments within which they were produced. The conference aims to be an opportunity for scholarly reflection on the issues of preservation, sharing and dissemination of the heritage of architectural drawing archives, relating experiences from different archival collections, innovative research and projects, methodologies and technologies.
The first session will focus on the theme of ‘memory’ and dedicated to highlighting issues of preservation, protection and enhancement of archival heritage.

Presentation: Emanuela Chiavoni | DSDRA – Sapienza University of Rome

Speakers:
– Luca Ribichini | DSDRA – Sapienza University of Rome
“A living archive,” meaning and considerations for architectural drawings
– Paolo Salonia | National Research Council
“Cultural Heritage, Documentation, Digital Technologies, Meanings and Values: recovering the sense of measurement and memory“
– Edoardo Currà, Amedeo Lepore | AIPAI – Italian Association for Industrial Archaeological Heritage
“AIPAI and Ristorami in their commitment to the preservation and enhancement of Business Archives. The case of the ENEL archive at the Mostra d’Oltremare in Naples“
– Mariastella Circosta | 1563 Foundation for Art and Culture of the Compagnia di San Paolo
“From atelier to archive. The Giuseppe and Bartolomeo Gallo Fund for Sacred Architecture in Piedmont: preservation and sharing in the digital age“

Chair: Marina Docci | AIPAI Vice President / DSRDA Sapienza University of Rome

The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 16 from 2 to 3:15 p.m. at the Miró Hall