Ri)conoscere il patrimonio: Palazzo Gastaldi Lavagna (Imperia)

The paper analyzes the theme of the knowledge project as a element guide of the restoration project. In view of the constant evolution of technologies related to diagnostics (in the laboratory and in situ), the research exposes the importance of a comprehensive acquisition of preliminary information as a tool to solve project doubts, verify hypotheses in order to prevent avoid of time and waste of money during the construction phase . The case study analyzes the restoration of an 18th century apartment in a Imperia palace, that has been neglected for years. From a first phase of analysis and knowledge, the project action sought to integrate contemporary needs with the historical features, in respect of the existing and its conservation. The proposed intervention aims to show how the investigations on the factory (archival, historical-architectural, technical-constructive, geological-petrographic and physical-chemical) combined with the survey of the building (geometric, material and decorative) and the diagnosis of the pathological picture (material degradation, static and structural instability) are necessary knowledge to "justify" the actions of the final phase of the project.