Chapel in Palermo

Projects | Restoration

Restoration of the “Santa Maria Vergine di Guadalupe” Chapel

The building structure shows clear movements of the foundations, due to some old leaks in the water drainage system. The bearing walls need reinforcing and their original dimensions need restoration.

The crystallized rising dampness, the ineffective binder inside the walls and the unsuitable scaffolding system used to shore up the walls, are the main reasons for the deterioration of the pictorial elements and the marble cladding.

Reinforcement works will be done by inserting some collar-beams inside the bearing walls, by putting reinforcing straps on the walls below the roof and by injecting colloidal lime by gravity.

Also pictorial and decorative elements are going to be pre-reinforced and subsequently restored.