Dal rilievo alla conoscenza dei caratteri delle cortine murarie di Castel Nuovo

The process of knowledge of the restoration project o fan architectural pre-existence, must make use of a critical assessment that highlights its ability to express meanings of historical-cultural and has to be based on cognitive phases that analyze architecture in its materiality. The advancement of technology and the need for understanding of the historical and architectural evidence, also in terms of cultural and social values, have also increased awareness of the need for a multidisciplinary approach to the architectural restoration, providing a continuous and constructive dialogue between the designer and other technical experts in the various specific fields that affect the conservation process. Each architecture is the expression of a definite constructive civilization, in which each element is a ‘document’ the training process in such a layered monument as Castel Nuovo it comes to revealing the contribution of different factors, which through the centuries, they led to its current appearance. In this sense, the material survey regarding the identification of the constituent elements of the various architectural elements inherent in the outer walls and the inner courtyard of the castle. The current image of the ancient Castle is the result of a liberation restoration that began in the early twentieth century. These works, following the insulation criterion, have brought the building to the aragonese time, sacrificing subsequent historical layers. This work led to acquire important dimensional information that was the basis for the next graphic rendering. Starting from the orthoprojection of the point cloud processed by laser scanner, colored with RGB data of high-resolution photographs taken by the camera connected to the device, it was possible to develop a mapping for macro-areas related to materials and construction techniques and forms of degradation associated with them.