COMMISSIONED WORK · RECONSTRUCTION & 3D PRINTINGRestoration
Restoration
Ripabianca.
From missing fragments to new pieces.
A 3D printing project to recover the forms of a church.
The result: crowns and flowers on the angel statues.Follow the process ↓
Rebuild a piece.
Recover a whole.
During the restoration of a church in Ripabianca, several elements were missing or incomplete. I redrew the forms, designed connections with the existing parts and produced new pieces through 3D printing.
BEFORE THE SURVEY / WHAT WAS MISSING
The starting point.
The church during the works and the references behind the new elements. Scroll to reveal each intervention.
02Crowns and flowers for the angel statues
03A large lily for the saint carried in procession
04A lamb for the altar
THE INITIAL STATE
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Survey.
The original fragments and the gaps in the form are the starting point. Profiles and contact surfaces provide references for the reconstruction.
Original fragment / site visitRedraw and print.
Modelling, joints and tests lead to the printed piece. Each new element must find its place alongside the existing parts.
Printed pieces / before finishingConnect.
The two elements for the processional structure reconstruct portions of its decoration. Here, the completed and finished pieces are shown in the final photographs.
Processional structure / finished piecesReturn to context.
Crowns and flowers return to the angels’ hands. The new pieces become part of the restoration: this is the result of the work, photographed in the church.
Crowns and flowers / installed on the statues01
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02 / THE RESULT, IN THE CHURCHThe forms return
The forms return
to their place.
Crowns and flowers: from the original reference to the new elements, through to their placement on the angel statues.
The two scrolls.
Both elements for the processional structure, reconstructed to connect with the existing frame.
The crown.
The crown model for the angel statues. Its profile and details follow the original reference.
The flower.
The rose, stem and leaves: all model parts assembled in their design positions.
The large lily.
The three components of the final lily, assembled into the complete model for the saint carried in procession.
The lamb.
The final model intended for the altar, including the relief and details of the figure.
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03 / FROM FILE TO MATERIALThe work,
The work,
up close.
Photographs of the produced pieces before finishing, and the connection with the existing element.
RIPABIANCA / AFTER RESTORATIONA new piece.
A new piece.
A story that continues.
Reconstruction, joint design and 3D printing — Riccardo Balletto.
