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The contribution is about the concept of architecture as a text, analyzing its syntactic structures and its semantic questions. Specifically, it is emphasized how the project for the ruin establishes a dialogue with the ancient remains on the basis of a language and a common sense, through interpretations, resemantizations and integrations. The combination between architecture and semiology allows us to identify - case by case - possible design syntaxes in the archaeological field. Abandoning the idea that the architect should only guarantee the survival and the transmission of historical evidence with minimal, reversible and recognizable interventions, it is necessary to define a methodological approach that returns to the ruins a new aesthetic, cultural and use value.