Un’esperienza di ricerca preliminare al progetto di tutela e valorizzazione dei resti archeologici. La villa romana di Patti

A projectual comparison with the archaeological remains raises interpretation questions which collide with the boldness that any preservation activity involves. Therefore, I proposed, Within a laboratory experience, to a team of junior engineers, aspiring to a degree in Construction engineering for the recovery, to tackle the fate of the Roman Villa of Patti, with the aim of verifying possible ways to preserve its memory, protect the cultural heritage found in the area, promote and enhance an historical, artistic and archaelogical heritage of transnational importance. The proposed attempt tries to go beyond the creation of a simple coverage an obsolete intervention already ruinously applied to archaeological remains in the early years of this millennium – to test newerand courageous approaches, used timidly elsewhere: on the theater of Sagunto, on the Villa del Casale in Piazza Armerina, on the Acropolis Museum in Athens. From identification of the peculiar elements to their scientific cataloging, from identification the most appropriate techniques for the conservation, protection, enhancement of the archaeological remains to the timely verification of the compatibility of technologies innovative with the ancient structures, these have been some strategies for a graphic elaboration of spaces and services related to fruition of museum, to promote the site in a circuit of cultural tourism. We present in this paper the methodological approach to the project, that has become the emblematic of a search path, an attempt to rescue the cultural heritage from an intolerable invisibility: the goals, choices and the training outcomes achieved, through the optics of who has lived this experience with the enthusiasm of the neophyte, supported by my commitment, coordination and address to scholar in the field of recovery.