| CULTURAL
HERITAGE CONSERVATION |
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Staff
Prof. Giuseppe Sabatini (Full Professor)
Prof. Giovanni Guido Guasparri (Associate Professor)
Dr. Marco Giamello (Researcher )
Dr. Andrea Scala (Technical
Staff)
Dr. Alessandro Terrosi (Technical Staff)
Dr. Sonia Mugnaini (Ph.D Student)
Dr. Maria Grazia Nardelli, (Ph.D Student)
Dr. Francesca Droghini (Ph.D Student) |
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| Research
activities: |
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activities involve scientific research on various topics related
to the conservation of monuments, as well as scientific consultation
in interventions of restoration performed within the territory.
The research has a mineralogical-petrographic and geochemical basis
which allows us to acquire detailed knowledge of the stone materials
used in historical architecture. This is essential for characterization
of the specific phenomena of deterioration and for identification
of the elements necessary for correct interventions of conservative
restoration. |
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"Stone
materials in the architecture of historical centers of southern
Tuscany. Distribution, mineralogical-petrographic and physical-mechanical
characterization, and extraction potential." The research,
part of the "Beni Culturali" Project of the Italian CNR,
concerns the mineralogical-petrographic characterization of the
typical lithotypes of Sienese architecture, as well as surveys of
the stone materials used in the facades of three historical centers
of southern Tuscany: San Gimignano, Colle Val d'Elsa and Massa Marittima
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"The
stones of the Italian historical heritage: knowledge applied to
conservation. Testing of methods and applications to important urban
and territorial cases." The research is conducted within the
context of scientific research programs of national importance (MIUR
funds). Studies are carried out on the processes of deterioration
of Pliocene sandstone, cavernous limestone, Montagnola Senese marbles
and red ammonitic limestone |
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"Development
of a new advanced system for the determination of wear on the floors
of historical buildings: the Siena cathedral." This project,
acquired by Syremont, is financed within the Interventions for Applied
Research, National Program of Research and Training, Cultural and
Environmental Resources of the MIUR. The activity of the R.U. involves
characterization of the lithotypes present, definition of their
state of preservation, and management and computer analysis of the
overall data of the project. |
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"Art,
Technology and Finance". Applied Research Project of the MIUR
(Research Contract relative to Law no. 46/1982 "Interventions
for nationally important economic sectors"). The project involves
a multi-disciplinary study of methods of investigation and restoration,
as well as protection and utilization of monumental complexes. On
the basis of a case study, represented by Santa Maria della Scala
in Siena, the R.U. will formulate a protocol of general validity
for mineralogical-petrographic studies and for the execution of
conservative interventions on stone monuments. |
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Study
of the ancient mortars used in monumental buildings, with the aim
of identifying their relation to the construction phases in an urban
context through the determination of significant parameters for
characterization of the binder and the aggregate. |
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Study
of stone surfaces of monuments, with reference to the microstratigraphy
of the deterioration horizons, including mineralogical-petrographic
characterization of the calcium oxalate films |
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