ll complesso di al-Nabi Musa in Palestina. Documentazione e analisi dell'oasi edificata

The Maqam al-Nabi Musa in the el-Bariyah desert is, according to Islam, the sacred burial site of the prophet Moses. Inhabited since antiquity, the site is surrounded by a big Sufi cemetery located at the entrance to the desert region of the Dead Sea Valley. Now proposed as a UNESCO world heritage site, the complex is currently being restored and enhanced thanks to a project sponsored by the UN and financed by the EU and the Islamic Bank. The research project elaborated by the Landscape Survey & Design team between 2015 and 2016 involved analysing the site using laser scanners and photogrammetric methodologies in order to create tools that could be used to understand and promote the site. A detailed study of the most important events in the history of the main buildings in the complex was required due to the complex morphology of the architectural layout and the presence of building systems from different temporal periods. The aim was to establish representative systems that could successfully describe its specific traits and also lead to the creation of a museum system. So the goal of the research was to perform a methodological study to document and analyse the building elements in order to not only establish the degree of deterioration and instability of the walls, but also promote the complex as a cultural heritage site.