OUR MISSION
Beauty, art and architecture lie at the core of our ethics. We are a team of passionate professionals who seek to rediscover what has been forgotten, fix what has been broken and bring back the light that has fainted. We believe that together we can build a better future for the coming generations while holding our history in the highest regard.
Our mission is to renovate and revitalise unique historic buildings to restore their former glory and splendour. ‘Primum non nocere’ is one of the fundamental principles in medicine, and after over a year of working on restoration projects, we have come to realise that this maxim applies to architecture just as much as it does to medicine.
Travelling around the world and encountering the well preserved towns in the south of France as well as the old abandoned palaces in Italy, one cannot resist the idea that history lies within any given shape built by human hands, effectively constituting architecture and an extraordinarily valuable proof of the times gone. We would like to encourage all architecture aficionados and investors to consider the scenario of revitalising and restoring the pearls of architecture, breathtaking works of art, crafts and basically all things hand-made to revive and relive the history of these artefacts from the past.
Every one of those historical objects requires a very unique and individual approach, just like in the case of the doctor-patient relationship: each one is advanced in age, has suffered from various afflictions, requires careful examination and testing – all of which helps make the right diagnosis and devise the strategy for treatment.
Villa RUHLAND
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Villa RUHLAND
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Villa RUHLAND
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A team of professionals, using world-class equipment, carried out a detailed examination of the buildings, structure and foundations in the first phase of works. Inventory analysis of the building and terrain with the use of 3D scanning technology, gathering historical documentation related to the villa and its surroundings, geodetic survey scans, technical reports, underwater surveys, geological and technical reports, inventory of the plot in terms of vegetation; Agronomic Technical Report covering verification of static conditions and phytopathology of rooted woody plants, a sonic tomography scan of more than 180 camphor trees; botanical inventory, phytopathological status of plants – these are just a few of the multiple preliminary tasks our international team of ‘specialist doctors’ have managed to complete over the past year never taking any symptom or detail for granted.
Underwater surveys of the shore in Villa RUHLAND property
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Underwater surveys of the shore in Villa RUHLAND property
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Upon the request of constructors, non-invasive excavations have been performed in order to examine the condition of the steel ceiling beams. Geodetic tests with the use of geo-radar have also been carried out to establish the potential deviations of the horizontal and vertical. All tests have been conducted to compile the construction report which will serve as the basis for the project execution.
The botanical inventory
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Geological investigations will help determine the exact construction date of the original structure of the Ruhland property. The building is located in a seismic area, so we will be adjusting and strengthening the existing building structure so that it is properly secured.
Research in Villa RUHLAND
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Under the watchful eyes of the finest scientists from Toruń University in Poland and with the use of the latest technologies, we have taken several hundred samples of plaster, parget, roughcast, foundations and woodwork to prepare a meticulous plan to save and preserve those unique relics of the past. We want to preserve the tiniest of details: window shutters, door handles and balusters, examine and restore instead of replacing them with a cheap copy. Primum non nocere.
We are determined to save every historic detail through an intricate process of restoration to continue the work of Richard Langensiepen and Heinrich Schäfer preserving their ingenious ideas and the history of the building.
We have 3D scanned the whole estate including the interiors and the adjoining area to improve the work experience and grant access to the property to all our collaborators from wherever they are at any given time.
We want every part, organ, tissue and cell of this organism to live and breathe again and flourish in harmony with its natural surroundings.