The drawing of “already done”: surveys experiences on the Monumental Complex of Santa Patrizia in Naples

The research carried out at the Monumental building of Santa Patrizia, in the ancient center of Naples, addresses the resilient dimension of the Survey Drawing, or rather the knowledge of the monumental building through, , quoting Carpenzano, "an extractive device that puts a thought in front of the eyes and makes it tangible". in its ongoing conformation, aimed at today, in a synchronic representation of a contemporaneity of what does not have the same date. The knowledge activities of the architectural heritage were an opportunity to think about the role of the “the drawing of the existing space” intended as the possibility of retracing the foundation project, of the diachronic changes on the historical axis of the monument. If the architectural asset maintains its original configuration over time, then the diachronic cut is made on the formal and structural changes. In the case in question, the monument has been subjected to transformations over time, the diachronic cut is made up to the present day and allowed the survey drawing to be resilient with respect to the foundation of the monument. The resilient drawing deepens the grafts, the evolutions of the architectural foundation structure with respect to the formal and typological geometric modifications that include the monument as it has survived to our days. To this end, the significant contribution of the elaborated drawings concerned the reinterpretation of the architectural monumental building: a dense weaving of wefts in the drawing plane and in the geometric matrices that over time have shaped its unity.