When documentation becomes project.

In heritage projects, documentation is sometimes treated as a preliminary stage. In reality, there are cases in which the way you organise information becomes an active part of the solution.

Data has to be put in relation

At Sarmizegetusa, the relevant information came from site observations, the history of interventions, and conservation constraints. If these layers remain separate, the project has no clear centre.

Documentation can eliminate solutions

Good documentation not only supports one option, it also excludes incompatible interventions early.

The project begins when information gains structure

Documentation establishes the real framework of the project: what is negotiable, what must be protected, and what kind of intervention can remain coherent with the site.