Building on the ruins. Some examples of musealization in archaeological sites

Abstract

In different contexts, it has been pointed out how a museum is the place where the dichotomy between art and architecture is particularly evident, placing the museum itself as an artistic-architectural object. This hypothesis is also valid in the archaeological field, where the museum space goes beyond the human dimension, acting as a bridge between man and his history, where architecture assume an evocative meaning. This paper aims to analyze the particular features connected to these specific buildings, not anymore just containers of antiquities found on fields and brought elsewhere, but integral components of the same archaeological place, creating a range of issues related to permeability, to the external / internal concept and to perception of spatial relationships.

Keywords

• musealizzazione
• rovina archeologica
• progetto architettonico