Restoration of TIM offices in S.Salvador, Venice

Restoration of the TIM headquarters in S. Salvador in Venice

Place
Venice (VE), Italy

Client
TIM Telecom Italia Spa

Period
2018 - ongoing

Amount of works
Confidential

The restoration project involved the convent attached to the Romanesque-Gothic church of S. Salvador in Venice. The structure, which underwent an imposing intervention in the 16th century, following which it appears in its current configuration, was used as military barracks in the 19th century and has been used by the state telephone company since the beginning of the 20th century. The last work on the building was carried out in the second half of the 1980s at the behest of TIM, which still uses the building today.

The project involved the securing of the roof, the restoration of the frescoed surfaces that had deteriorated, the restoration of the wooden frames and stone elements, and the restoration of the façades. From a structural point of view, the suitability of the building to the static stresses to which it is subjected was verified.

Activities

Feasibility studio
Detailed design
Final design
Health and Safety for design and construction
Construction Management

Major cloister

Restoration of plaster on the SOUTH-EAST elevation: cleaning of surface deposits, cleaning of biological patinas, consolidation of detached plaster and integration of gaps with plaster of a composition compatible with the existing plaster and finish that allows the intervention to be recognised.

Cleaning and consolidation of stone elements and mitigation of colour differences of existing cement integrations with respect to stone. Undercut integration of local cracks and missing elements.

Restoration of the vera da pozzo.

Refectory Hall

Careful dry cleaning of the frescoes to remove dust and localised sponging with deionised water and, where necessary, ammonium carbonate solution.

Painting integrations with glaze.

Grouting of cracks with subsequent pictorial integration.

San Marco' meeting room

Restoration of the wooden ceiling: filling of cracks with a mixture of resins and wood powder and colour additions with paints compatible with the existing ones where exfoliation is present.