Drawing from life in architecture.
Readings
of the significant memories
The analysis and interpretation of historical designs allows you to make a critical comparison with the past
and makes you understand fully the concept that everything we are today is also the reflection of what the
generations that preceded us have built.
In the academic field, a privileged observatory is made up of representations of Cultural Heritage, especially
architectural, which over the years have been performed within the Faculty of Architecture of Rome and
which contain the memory of places, urban spaces, areas and artifacts architectural, the information on
the graphic instruments and for the survey that were used and also the didactic contents of the teachings
relating to the various historical periods for the training as an architect in Rome.
The contribution presents a selection of some drawings preserved in the historical Drawings Archive of
the former Department of Survey, Analysis and Design of the Environment and Architecture (RADAAr),
now become Department of History, Design and Restoration of Architecture, with the critical reflections
that derived from their analysis.
