The course addresses the conservation and musealisation of interiors, considering them as complex and stratified systems that integrate architectural space, surfaces, furnishings, technical components, and intangible dimensions. Moving beyond the limits of traditional architectural restoration theories, the course focuses on the specificities of interiors, characterised by a high degree of transformability, a strong relationship with use, and an inherent ambiguity between movable and immovable dimensions. Particular attention is devoted to materials and to different forms of obsolescence (technical, functional, and cultural), as well as to the loss of functional and symbolic meaning. The course further explores strategies for the transformation of interiors, particularly in sensitive contexts, and introduces comparative analytical tools for evaluating interventions. A central section is dedicated to the musealisation of interiors, intended both as instrument and as object of conservation, highlighting the tensions between updating, preservation, and use. The course also proposes a reflection on the experiential and perceptual dimensions of interiors, as well as on the opportunities offered by digital technologies for their documentation and enhancement.

Basic knowledge of the history of architecture and architectural design

Module 1 - Theories of Interior Conservation -Classical restoration theories and their limits in relation to interiors -International charters and documents, and the issue of interiors -The interior as a dynamic system: authenticity, use, and transformation -Relationship between tangible and intangible dimensions Module 2 - Interiors and Time -Components of the interior: differential durability -Technical, functional, and cultural obsolescence -Loss of functional and symbolic meaning: the transformative nature of interiors Module 3 - Adaptive Reuse of Interiors -Reuse as a conservation strategy; technical, perceptual, and functional reversibility in interiors -Sensitive contexts: comparative case studies -Critical analysis of design strategies: introduction to evaluation matrices Module 4 - Musealisation of Interiors and Historicised Museum Interiors -The museographic project as device and as object of conservation -Museum vs musealisation, spaces that have become museums of themselves and museum containers -Museographic design and its conservation: preservation VS removal of historical settings. Case studies -Ethical and methodological issues Module 5 - Experience, Perception, and Digital Mediation -Authenticity, simulation, and new forms of experience

On site

Oral presentation

P.D.2-2 - March