Scavo, conservazione e protezione dei Fondi 'ex - Cossar' ad Aquileia. Un\u2019occasione di ricerca multidisciplinare in un sistema integrato di valorizzazione.

The paper presents the contents and the preliminary results of an organic set of interventions designed to preserve, to protect and to allow the public fruition of the archaeological area named \u201cFondi ex Cossar\u201d. The site represents a significant urban sector of the Roman city of Aquileia: it is made up of the remains of different housing units which became stratified from the I century BC to the V century AC. The conservation project is the outcome of the International Architectural Competition announced by Fondazione Aquileia in 2010, aimed at enhancing the archaeological site. The experimental approach of the intervention is primarily due to its inter-disciplinary character, granted by the contributions of architects, archaeologists, structural engineers and studious belonging to the conservation field. The contents of the intervention concern three main goals: the in situ conservation of the archaeological site\u2019s elements (mosaics, fragments of masonry and archaeological pits); the realization of visitors\u2019 access devices; the design of protective structures, able both to protect the excavations and to facilitate the understanding of the domus spaces in their current state, stratified over about 6 centuries. The roof\u2019s structural elements are characterized by a progressive scalability of the roof system which takes into account both the progressions of excavation campaigns and the new outcomes that archaeological research will produce