Civil Architecture of Maestrazgo, the Castellote House: Graphic Processes for Its Knowledge

The architectural graphic expression, with all its variants, strengthens an important part of the process of approaching the project, as well as its resolution. When the architectural intervention concerns the rehabilitation of a historic building, the aforementioned connection takes on a greater meaning, both in the previous analysis phases and in the subsequent decisions that will come from them. The help of technologies in capturing information and the virtualisation possibilities provided by computer applications have determined both the work methodologies and the forms of graphic representation to achieve results. This article describes the processes carried out for the graphic representation of a Renaissance palace in the province of Teruel, la Casa Castellote, as a starting point to advance our knowledge and as a support for intervention design decisions. Every graphic survey, any virtual model analysing an architectural object, the intangible contribution of the initial sketches, and the conclusive surveyed representation constitute essential scientific research to address a design solution.