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RENOVA – Renova Sp z o.o., Warsaw (Poland)
RENOVA Ltd - the atelier of conservation and restoration of historic monuments - was established in 1998 by its present owner, and is a continuation of his activity as a freelance restorer since 1988. Presently RENOVA employs 20 staff members qualified in the conservation of works of art, sculpture, stuccowork, gilding and stonemasonry. The technical staff comprises also a construction site manager and an art historian responsible for the documentation. The company is well equipped to carry out conservation projects including scaffoldings and means of transportation. The company’s main focus is on comprehensive restoration projects, especially on historic facades with elaborate decorations in stucco, stone or ceramic bricks.
The accomplished restoration projects comprise: the facade of St. Anne church in Warsaw, historic buildings of the Warsaw University, interiors of the Royal Painting Academy, a part of the Royal Castle in Warsaw, the heritage industrial complexes of the waterworks in Warsaw and paper mill in Konstancin near Warsaw (for which the company received the award of the best national restoration of 2004), several country houses and their park pavilions in Poland. The company collaborated also on creating the Europa Park in Rust near Freiburg, Germany. Since 2006 the company has been engaged in the conservation of interiors of the Teutonic Castle in Malbork, Poland, World Heritage Site, and of the Cistercian Monastic Complex in Goscikowo-Paradyz, also Poland. The company has a considerable experience in conserving and reconstructing stucco works, especially manufacturing of the architectural castings, also using Roman cements.
Role in the Project
The principal role of RENOVA within ROCARE will be to carry out testing and application trials of the Roman cements produced by the project, both in the workshop and on-site (WP 2); further, RENOVA will perform on-site restoration works based on the Roman cement technology developed for the demonstration purposes (WP 3), provide the end-user perspective and expectations to the Roman cement producers and collaborate with other project partners on organising the national workshop in Poland.
