
Restoration of cultural heritage

Restoration of cultural heritage
Restoration
of cultural
heritage

Construction is an activity that has left a lasting legacy to humanity that we have the opportunity to admire again and again.
Inspired by this very fact, ING-GRAD was founded as a construction company whose activities include specialized works comprised of: restoration and reconstruction of monumental heritage of exceptional historical and artistic significance.
In more than 35 years of work on the restoration and reconstruction of the monumental heritage, we have been using all the advantages of modern construction methods, but also applying unique knowledge based on the techniques, skills and recipes of old crafts.
Most buildings of cultural or architectural heritage are brick buildings built of stone or brick wall elements connected with mortar, usually found in poor condition due to their age and inadequate maintenance. Therefore, before the renovation and final arrangement, it is necessary to carry out constructive restoration. The complexity of the historical buildings restoration requires the incompatibility of traditional and new materials and respect for their original existence, which is why the use of reinforced concrete is not recommended. The most favourable technique for repairing and strengthening such constructions has proved to be injection, i.e., stabilizing and closing cracks in damaged walls by injecting special injection compounds, applying reinforced cement or epoxy coatings on one or both sides of the wall, and pre-tensioning the walls.
Roofs of monumental heritage buildings are usually wooden roofs with different types of covering, depending on the tradition of the climate in which the building is located. The reconstruction of such wooden roofs implies the replacement of individual elements or the complete structure with new wood, most often made of Slavonian oak or conifer, and the replacement of the covers.
The renovation and reconstruction of the building includes the renovation of the external facade, the execution of profiles and stone plastic, the production of wooden joinery and everything that includes the restoration of the historical appearance and original condition. It is done according to conservation guidelines, which is why the restoration and reconstruction of the building is longer and requires specific materials, works and methods of execution.
Investor
City of Novigrad
Category
Castels, Palaces and Fortresses
The preserved city walls of the city of Novigrad coincide with their perimeter to a lesser extent with the presumed grid of the late antique fortified settlement, to the north and south of the Land Gate (Porta Terraferma). They surround the historic centre of the city located on a peninsula and are mainly medieval walls with a toothed crown from the middle of the 14th century reinforced by round Renaissance towers. Next to the former main city gate, an older quadrangular tower has been preserved. Due to the invasions of Croats and Saracens during the Middle Ages, the walls were restored and strengthened, but for the most part they got their current appearance during the Venetian administration, when they were extensively repaired and rebuilt, as evidenced by the numerous coats of arms of the Podestas built into them. The walls are the work of local craftsmen, built of hewn broken stone with a characteristic "merlatura". In the 18th century, the older medieval-Renaissance complexes were rebuilt and connected into larger Baroque units.
The medieval walls in the Venetia passage are located on the outer part of the peninsula, along the sea coast, and date from the 13th century, which can be seen by the prominent toothed crown at the top. On the walls there are circular and rectangular loopholes and built-in coat of arms of the platform.
The renovation of the walls was carried out by dismantling the dilapidated stone blocks and replacing them with new stone blocks built according to the existing ones. The walls are injected with a special injection mixture.