The article deals with the question of architectural surfaces and their relation with restoration theories. The historical transformations undergone by restoration theories are examined in broad lines. The contemporary tendencies of restoration theories are also analyzed in order to verify the principles that should guide the interventions. The dissociation between theory and practice arises through the analysis of the practice of interventions in architectural surfaces. In this text, the author seeks to place an emphasis on the relevance of reflection on theoretical principles in order to face problems in their full intricacy, and as an efficient means of preserving the material, historic, formal and symbolic values of monuments.
Architectural Surfaces; Restoration Theory; Historic Monuments