Three branches of the same tree

Three European restoration projects, which draw on their past to claim a future.

EXCHANGING EXPERIENCES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL SURFACES AND ARTISAN SKILLS
VENICE, LONDON, CZECH REPUBLIC

September, 2023 | Venezia

Outcomes and the Culminating Event: A Working Party in Venice

Un ponte tra passato e futuro

presso lo squero di San Isepo e la sede della Società Mutuo Soccorso
Carpentieri e Calafati di Venezia—Castello 450, Venezia

30 Settembre, 4-5-6 Ottobre, 2022 | Venezia

The loss of traditional building skills is a general problem in Europe and it is particularly acute in Venice.

The system that underpins its survival requires re-enforcing, particularly following the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic:

  • SKILLS that maintain and repair the surfaces are being lost
  • UNDERSTANDING of the materials and their appropriate use is being eroded
  • Economic & social STRUCTURES that support conservation need strengthening
  • A higher LEVEL of PERFORMANCE will be requiredin order to protect historic fabric from the effects of climate change.
Venice, San Marco Basilica: “bricklayers”, from the crafts sculpture cycle (13th Century), third arch of the main entrance, image by Angela Squassina, 2021

IL PREMIO GEM—THE GEM AWARD

A scholarship created in memory of Gloria Trevisan and her fiancé Marco Gottardi: an annual award that will help a young Italian graduate interested in conservation, as Gloria and Marco were.

Circolo italo Brittanico