Before restoration
The restored building
Restored building detail
When Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, new quarters quickly
sprang up beyond the Aurelian walls. The Parioli quarter was among
the first fifteen to spring up in Rome in 1911 and was officially
established in 1921. The construction of Viale Parioli involved the
building of elegant villas along the street. Viale Parioli, extended to
Viale Liegi, was conceived as a 'city promenade', with a side galloping
track in the shade of trees. In the early 20th century, Viale Tiziano and
Viale Pilsudsky were extended, again conceived as promenades for the
rising middle class. In those years, building development in the district
was linked to the name of Edmondo Sanjust di Teulada. In 1909, the
town planner, in the report to his plan, stated that no large buildings
would be erected, but only villas and small villas with large gardens.
The area was completed during the 1950s. The present quarter
developed roughly from the 1910s to the 1950s, built largely to house
the hierarchs of the Fascist regime. With the 1965 urban development
plan in the Parioli quarter, as in other districts of the 'historical
periphery', surfaces and volumes could be increased by 30%.
Demolishing and rebuilding, on the other hand, increased space by as
much as 100 per cent. Add to this the change of use of residential units.
The area is developed with a fabric of buildings with fine finishes, all with
stone and curtain walling, of which the building in question is a
particular example.
They will be carried out in compliance with the "minimum intervention",
limiting themselves to the essential nature of the intervention, even in
the event of integration, so as not to compromise the "text" in its
documentary value, thus excluding invasive operations of removal
and reintegration, if not considered necessarily indispensable;
"reversibility of the intervention", i.e. the possibility of removing any
additions and integrations introduced with the conservative
restoration;
"physical-chemical compatibility" with the ancient materials of the products
that current technology offers; the "distinguishability" of any additions,
differentiating the materials from the original artefacts; the
"preservation of historically determined authenticity in all its
stratifications". All the conservation operations of cleaning,
consolidation and protection were carried out according to the above-
mentioned criteria and taking the NORMAL Recommendations as
guideline references.
The plaster will be restored by cleaning and consolidation, limiting
integrations or replacements to only those parts that are extremely
deteriorated in a phase of accentuated detachment and therefore no
longer reliable, for which the bearing capacity of the support is
restored. Restoration work consists of removing the forms of
degradation observed on the surfaces under investigation, generally
due to the interaction of the material with atmospheric agents and the
absence of adequate maintenance operations. For the cleaning of
inorganic paints, preference is given to water systems delivered at
moderate pressure and, given the material's characteristic porosity, it
is important to limit the amount of water during washing to avoid
dangerous absorption that would lead to further embrittlement of the
layers. The result of the first cleaning allows a better observation of
the constituent materials, the state of conservation of the materials
and the restoration work carried out in the past.
A complete overhaul of all the stringcourses is also planned, as well as the
reconstruction of missing parts.
