Concerning the research “Material history of the built environment and the conservation project” (2008–2020), methodology and results

Recent successes in the reuse and rehabilitation of 20th century architecture have shown that design begins with the study of history. Study of the material history of built structures, together with historical and critical investigation, supported by diagnostic assessment of the object’s state of preservation, are key instruments. This contribution intends to present over a decade’s research in terms of both its methods and their results.