Pantalica rupestre. Digital survey for the image of rock-cut architecture

The analysis of the rock-cut architecture arises complex issues on both methodological and applicative point of view, it affects the sphere of representation through models. Because of its very particular formal and functional aspects, it lies halfway between artifice and nature, between sculpture and landscape and, again, between architecture and the city. The research here presented is declined on three rock-cut churches located in the archaeological site of Pantalica: San Micidiario, San Nicolicchio and the cave of the crucifix. The documentation through 3D models and the elaboration of 2D models of synthesis highlight the complexity of the theme. Starting from the three-dimensionality of the object, based on new approaches of form synthesis experimented on rock architecture, the contribution aims to update the existing documentation on the three case studies and to provide new reading tools for the morphological and architectural study