Hermitage restoration
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about hermitage restoration
Project • By Edoardo Milesi & Archos • Heritages
Pieve di San Giusto a Balli
Restoring an 11th century parish church means knowing its history and, above all, the causes of its abandonment, sometimes for historicized but incongruous interventions and harmful to its most intimate organism. The complex consists of two buildings of different origins, the church and the vicarage, the result of overlaps occurred over time, some of significant historical value, other additions of recent eras, lacking in value and easily recognizable, as well as a small walled cemetery owned by the municipality.
Andrea Ceriani
Andrea Ceriani
The process considers the introductory and supporting cognitive act to the design choices, a prerequisite for a method necessary for critical investigation and the consequent restoration pro... More
News • News • 16 Jun 2022
San Juan de Ruesta Chapel Restoration by Sebastian Arquitector recovers the strong volume of an iconic hermitage
In Ruesta, Zarogoza, Spain, the hermitage of San Juan de Ruesta was left to neglect in 2001. A unique piece of the Camino de Santiago Aragonés, the hermitage was known for supporting one of the collections of Romanesque paintings. Stripped of its paintings and function, the architects found only a few walls as blank canvases and an empty volume that was once a powerful and compact feature in its surrounding landscape.
Iñaki Bergera / Sebastian Arquitectos
The prime invention of architects Sebastian Arquitector was to recover the strong volume of the hermitage against the surrounding trees that give space and shade to pilgrims stopping on the road to Santiago.
Iñaki Bergera / Sebastian Arquitectos
A new volum... More