RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS. EASTERN WING CLOISTER AT SANTIAGO

Y In architectonic restoration, and primarily, tasks involving monuments, research aspects and educational grounding

come to the fore, meaning that they are intrinsically linked to the project. Firstly, this is due to the fact that the restoration of a

building is impossible without knowledge of the architecture that underpins it, in conceptual and material terms, in its technical,

constructive and contextual aspects, how the spaces are used, what the itineraries etc. involved were. An architect, against this

backdrop, is also a researcher, as fundamentally, they must be while performing any aspect of their trade. Yet this knowledge also

trains the professional and must provide information to aspiring architects who nowadays have scant possibilities to test the interpretation of material data and delve into the mysteries and messages of ancient properties. Herein, a recreation has been made of

the Eastern Wing of the cloisters at Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, the issues relating to the analysis and research that require

a project with such a past and of such magnitude. Unfortunately, although these had been scheduled, it has not been possible to

carry out visits with architecture undergraduates owing to the circumstances that have disrupted the second semester of the 2019-

2020 academic year