Stone conservation course – SC11 Curriculum
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Week 1
Module 1: Introductions and Orientation Sun
10 April Mon
11 April Tues
12 April Wed
13 April Thurs
14 April Fri
15 April Sat
16 April 9.30 11.00
Course opens General Introductions organizers & participants Visits to premises & facilities
History and theory of conservation JJ
Expectations exercise
Break Collections Coffee Break
Laboratory (Introduction) FP
11.30 13.00
Cont.
History and theory of conservation JJ
Values JK
Lunch Welcome Lunch
14.30 16.00
Introduction to Architectural history of Rome JJ
Walking tour, Foro Romano JJ
Concepts & International doctrines, charters and organizations JK
Break
16.30 18.00
Cont. Cont. Opening Dinner (evening)
Jukka Jokilehto – JJ Joe King – JK Fernanda Prestileo– FP
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Week Two
Module 2: History and Theory of Conservation Sun
17 April Mon
18 April Tues
19 April Wed
20 April Thurs
21 April Fri
22 April Sat
23 April 9.30 11.00
Roman construction techniques GR
Types of intervention: Marrying theory with practice GR
Introduction to porous building materials and stone conservation GC
Participant presentations (4)
Holiday
Break
11.30 13.00
Stones in Roman construction PP
Case Study - Parma GR
Cont. Participant presentations (4)
Lunch
14.30 16.00
Rome architectural history walking tour PP
Participant presentations (4)
Introduction to porous building materials and stone conservation GC
Module 2 evaluation
Break
16.30 18.00
Cont.
Participant Presentations (4)
Participant presentations (5)
Pizza party (evening)
Gionata Rizzi – GR Patrizio Pensabene - PP Giacomo Chiari - GC
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Week Three
Module 3: Stone: material characteristics and as a building material Sun
24 April Mon
25 April
Tues 26 April
Wed 27 April
Thurs 28 April
Fri 29 April
Sat 30 April
9.00 am Module 2 Review & Discussion (15 minutes)
9.30 11.00
Holiday
The nature of stone DJ
Stone deterioration DJ
Working techniques of stone (sculpture) PR
Tivoli quarry visit PR Departure from ICCROM 8.45
Rockwell studio visit (B)
Break
11.30 13.00
Cont. Stone identification and selection for conservation repair DJ
Cont. Tivoli quarry visit PR Visit from 10.30 – 12.30
Lunch
14.30 16.00
Lab: The nature of stone DJ
Lab: Stone deterioration DJ
Walking tour (stone types, tool marks & working techniques) PR, SW, DJ
De Tomassi workshop PR 13.30 – 15.00
Break
Discussion 16.30 18.00
Lab: cont. DJ
Visit to cimitero for stone identification
Cont. Rockwell studio visit (A) 15.30 – 17.00
David Jefferson - DJ Peter Rockwell – PR Simon Warrack - SW
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Week Four Module 3: Stone: material characteristics and as a building material
Sun 1 May
Mon 2 May
Tues 3 May
Wed 4 May
Thurs 5 May
Fri 6 May
Sat 7 May
9.30 11.00
Labour Day
Introduction to mortars: history and chemistry DO
Masonry systems – stonework & mortar GR
Mortar analysis methods DO
Mortar fabrication and application DO
Documentation & Recording RE
Optional Documentation exercises RE
Break
11.30 13.00
Mortars and uses (components, ratios, tools for mixing & applying) DO
Mechanical properties of stone in masonry
Lab: Mortar analysis part I DO & Lab assistant?
Cont. DO Cont.
Lunch
14.30 16.00
Lab: Mixing mortars (lime(s) & cement) DO
Mortar pointing & filling DO (A)
Lab: Mortar analysis part I DO
Cont. DO Cont.
Break
16.30 18.00
Cont.
Mortar pointing & filling (B)
Cont.
Cont.
Gionata Rizzi – GR David Odgers – DO Rand Eppich - RE
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Week Five Module 4: Deterioration mechanisms; Methods of survey & analysis
Sun 8 May
Mon 9 May
Tues 10 May
Wed 11 May
Thurs 12 May
Fri 13 May
Sat 14 May
Review & discussion of Module 3 (15 min)
Introduction to site & mapping exercise SW/KF & AT
9.30 11.00
Overview of deterioration mechanisms JF
Pisa GCr
Structural issues site visit (Palatino) CR
Worksite visit & mapping exercise
Environmental factors of deterioration PB
Break
11.30 13.00
Cont. Cont. Cont.
Cont. Introduction to climate myths PB
Lunch
14.30 16.00
Mechanical properties of masonry construction & structural mechanisms of decay GCr
Non-destructive techniques of investigation JF
Morphology of stone decay including terminology & mapping techniques MLT
Cont. Air pollution & the interaction of water & porous building materials PB
Break
Classroom discussion of mapping exercise
16.30 18.00
Cont. Cont. JF Cont.
Aperitivo (evening)
Climate myths exercise PB
John Fidler – JF Giorgio Croci – GCr Christiano Russo – CR Marisa Laurenzi Tabasso – MLT Simon Warrack – SW Kecia Fong - KF Amanda Thursfield - AT Peter Brimblecombe – PB
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Week Six
Module 4: Deterioration mechanisms; Methods of survey & analysis
Sun 15 May
Mon 16 May
Tues 17 May
Wed 18 May
Thurs 19 May
Fri 20 May
Sat 21 May
9.30 11.00
Overview of micro-destructive diagnostic criteria & techniques MLT
Moisture sources and effects IM
Moisture & its control IM
Salts – sources, formation & effects AH
Lab visit: Stone conservation techniques at the ISCR
Break
11.30 13.00
Sampling methodology & techniques MLT/SW
Cont.
Methods of control Cont. Ecology and mechanisms of biodeterioration GC
Lunch
14.30 16.00
Return to mapped condition assessment, use for diagnosis of problems. Propose samples w/ proposed rationale.
Damp building & demonstration of methods of detection San Clemente Basilica IM & RC
Diagnosis of moisture sources IM
Lab: Salt analysis Problems of Biodeterioration in relation to particular types of environments – plants GC
Break
Cont. Cont. 16.30 18.00
Discussion on site. Cont.
Review Monday’s mapping exercise & site visit.
Lab: Salt analysis
Module 4 evaluation
Marisa Laurenzi Tabasso – MLT Ippolito Massari – IM Romano Cerro – RC Alison Heritage – AH Giulia Caneva – GC
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Week Seven
Module 4: Deterioration mechanisms; Methods of survey & analysis Module 5: Conservation interventions and treatments; criteria for selection and implementation
Sun 22 May
Mon 23 May
Tues 24 May
Wed 25 May
Thurs 26 May
Fri 27 May
Sat 28 May
9.00am Module 4 Review & discussion (15 mins)
9.30 11.00
Microbiological deterioration OS
Methodological approach to conservation interventions GR
Structural repairs, IH
Vatican Stone Lab GD
Introduction to Cleaning DO
Break
11.30 13.00
Cont. Practical repair options DO
Cont. Cont.
Cont.
Lunch
14.30 16.00
Cimitero Acattolico – in situ examination, sampling & treatment tests OS
Cont. Architectural repairs GR
Archaeological site repairs GR
Cleaning sandstone Cleaning limestone DO
Break
16.30 18.00
Cont. Emergency & preventive interventions GR, DO
Structural repair case study – Bulla Regia GR
Wells Cathedral DO
Cleaning: Possible negative impacts (disasters) DO
Ornella Salvadori – OS Gionata Rizzi – GR David Odgers – DO Ian Hume – IH Guy Devreux – GD
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Week Eight
Module 5: Conservation interventions and treatments; criteria for selection and implementation Sun
29 May Mon
30 May Tues
31 May Wed
1 June Thurs
2 June Fri
3 June Sat
4 June am
Departure for Firenze
Opificio delle Pietre Dure - Firenze
Departure for Carrara Hands – on conservation techniques GR & SV Infills & patching – crack and lacunae fills
Hands – on conservation techniques GR & SV Stitching & mechanical pinning
Langhirano San Marco
am Firenze Free time
Cont.
Quarry visit Cont. Cont.
Departure for Pisa Departure for Venezia
pm Firenze Free time
Visit to tower Cont. Foundry/factory visit tools.
Cont. Cleaning techniques
Dep. for Ravenna
pm Firenze Free time
Duomo & Cimitero
Cont. Departure for Parma Dinner in Parma
Cont.
Parma – Cattedrale & Battistero GR & SV (2 groups)
Walking tour
Stefano Volta – SV Gionata Rizzi – GR David Odgers - DO
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Week Nine
Module 5: Conservation interventions and treatments; criteria for selection and implementation Sun
5 June Mon
6 June Tues
7 June Wed
8 June Thurs
9 June Fri
10 June Sat
11 June Angkor Wat – removal of consolidants for retreatment of deteriorated stone SW
9.30 18.00
Visit Ravenna
Introduction to consolidation GW
Consolidants - Alkoxysilane based GW
Lab: Consolidation application methods GH Evaluating
performance of consolidants: field methods GW
Break
11.30 13.00
13.30 – 14.30 Mosaic Restoration TR
Cont.
Cont.
Cont.
Water repellants GH
Lunch
14.30 16.00
Departure For Rome
Lab: Mortar samples & wall pointing analysis (cracking, strength, carbonation, porosity) DO
Consolidation - H2O /lime based & nanolime technology DO
Consolidation application methods and object conditions GH
Evaluating performance of consolidants: lab methods and protocols GW
General questions and discussion on consolidation of stone and treatment w/ water repellants GW, GH, SW
Break
16.30 18.00
Cont. Consolidation - Solvent based GW
St. Trophime marble consolidation GW
Durability and retreatment of silicic acid esther treatments GH
The conservation of paint on stone GH
Toby Roby – TR David Odgers – DO George Wheeler – GW Gottfried Hauff – GH Simon Warrack SW
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Week Ten
Module 5: Conservation interventions and treatments; criteria for selection and implementation Sun
12 June Mon
13 June Tues
14 June Wed
15 June Thurs
16 June Fri
17 June Sat
18 June 9.30 11.00
Rock Art Conservation AT
Desalination methods Control & mitigation Poulticing for salts VVB
Lab: Remvoal & evaluation VVB
Diagnosis & treatment of granite JDR
Vegetation control GC
Break
11.30 13.00
Case study: Rock art AT
Cont. Cont. Case study conservation of granite JDR
Biodeterioration characterization / sample characterization GC, OS
Lunch
14.30 16.00
ISCR laser cleaning demo
Lab: Poulticing, titrations, conductivity measurements VVB
Underwater archaeology/stone conservation - BD
Control & prevention of biological growth / Methods for evaluating biocides, bioremediation OS
Cont.
Break
Cimitero Acattolico – review cleaning tests OS
16.30 18.00
Poster update & discussion time
Cont. Ta Reach – sculpture repair SW
Biodeterioration characterization OS
Module 5 evaluation
Andrew Thorn – AT Veronique Vergès Belmin – VVB Simon Warrack – SW Barbara Davidde – BD José Delgado Rodrigues - JDR Ornella Salvadori – OS Giulia Caneva - GC
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Week Eleven
Module 6: Synthesis
Sun 19
June
Mon 20 June
Tues 21 June
Wed 22 June
Thurs 23 June
Fri 24 June
Sat 25 June
Explanation of final exercise
9.30 11.00
Cemetery fieldwork
Fieldwork cont.
Cont.
Cont.
Break
11.30 13.00
Cont.
Lunch
14.30 16.00
Cont.
Break
16.30 18.00
Cont.
Rita Galluccio - RG
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Week Twelve
Module 6: Synthesis Sun
26 June
Mon 27 June
Tues 28 June
Wed 29 June
Thurs 30 June
Fri 1 July
Sat 2 July
9.30 11.00
On site presentations of projects
Module synthesis – theory into practice GR
Participant home scenarios discussion
Library day Expectations exercise Course evaluation discussion
Break
11.30 13.00
Cont.
Recap/Wrap-up GR
Cont. Closing ceremonies Brindisi & Lunch
Lunch
14.30 16.00
Classroom discussion of cemetery fieldwork
Evaluation of treatments S. Andrea della Valle Local architects/conservators
Graffiti cleaning - barriers & mitigation Coatings as protection – maintenance, removal & reapplication SM
END OF COURSE
Break
16.30 18.00
Cont. Cont. Cont.
Closing dinner (evening)
Susan MacDonald – SM Gionata Rizzi - GR SC11 curriculum Last update: Getty-ICCROM June 26, 2011