Restoration and underground museum exhibitions.
Santa Maria di Chiaravalle
Abbey, Fiastra
(Macerata)
The Cistercian abbey complex of
Santa Maria di Chiaravalle
in Fiastra (1142) is located in Tolentino.
The cloister is the key element on which the main spaces overlook: the Chapter House, the Conversos
Refectory, the Cellarium, the Bandini Palace. Below the cloister are located the
Oil containers Hall, the
Grottoes
and the
Cellars
where the intervention is to take place. The restoration includes: surface cleaning
with low pressure hydro-washing, plastering, reconstruction of wall portions, consolidation of the vaults,
replacement of wooden beams and hoops encircling pillars. The exhibition walls are made up of plexiglass,
blockboard wood and iron. The lighting design includes: luminaires for indirect diffused lighting
(fluorescent and LED lamps) and direct with optical fibers and halogen light sources. In the Grottoes there
are luminaires with wall-washer effect on the walls, a linear fluorescent system and suspended structures
with adjustable luminaires.
