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The Acropolis Restoration News The Acropolis Restoration News 13 ñ December 2013 View of the south wing of the Propylaia and the temple of Athena Nike from the N. Photo T. Souvlakis, 2013 V. Eleftheriou, 2012-2013, The progress of the restoration works on the Acropolis E. Karakitsou, Z. Konteas, Empolia and poloi from the Acropolis monuments E. Aggelakopoulou, Design and evaluation of restoration mortars for the Acropolis monuments E. P. Sioumpara, E. Salavoura, The Reuse of Values: from gathering to systematizing and to the Project of the Scattered Architectural Members of the Acropolis M. Katsianis, Current challenges in documenting the restoration works on the Acropolis of Athens E. Petropoulou, News from the Acropolis 2012-2013, The progress of the restoration works on the Acropolis The most significant event of the past year mobility scheme stemming from law Parthenon was included in the preceding for the Acropolis Restoration Service (YS- 4172/2013. Thus the Service lost two good issue of “The Acropolis Restoration News”. MA) was certainly the organising of the colleagues, draughtsmen, G. Trichakis and Carried out during the past year were 6th International Meeting for the restora- A. Anagnostou. At the same time, two of works of structural restoration of the ar- tion of the Acropolis monuments. the older colleagues, T. Skari, draughts- chitectural members showing problems. woman and P. Psaltis, draughtsman, re- The re-setting of architectural members at Eleven years after the 5th International tired at the end of 2013. the two corners of the west side is sched- Meeting, at which the anastelosis pro- uled to start at the beginning of next year, grammes for the Acropolis monuments Voluntary work was offered to the Service when the works of structural restoration of were presented analytically both from the during the past year by the architect Dr T. the 2nd from north and southwest column point of view of the development of theo- Tanoulas, the archaeologist C. Hatziaslani capitals will have been completed. Consid- retical questions and from that of report- and the draughtswoman K. Matala. Re- erable time was needed for research on the ing the works accomplished, the new search programmes and matters pertaining structural restoration of the 2nd from Meeting was organised on a completely dif- to the circuit wall and the rock itself were north column capital of the west side. The ferent basis. A determin- solution ultimately ap- ing factor, for one thing, proved by the Committee was its duration, which for the Conservation of the was limited to two days, Acropolis Monuments was for reasons deriving from to strengthen the column the general financial sit- capital in situ with titani- uation of the country. As um reinforcement. Filling a result, the number of the missing west part of speakers was limited and the southwest column the themes were present- capital –amounting to 1/4 ed by those in charge of of the whole– with mar- different Sections of the ble proved likewise to be works, while the pro- time-consuming. The tas- grammes planned for the ks of working and joining future were presented by the marble filling, apply- the President of the Com- ing grout in the cracks, mittee for the Conserva- working the outer surface Dismantling the NW column capital of the Parthenon. Photo T. Souvlakis, 2012 tion of the Acropolis Mo- for configuration of the numents (ESMA). The problem of a limit- monitored by the Director Emerita and echinus and the formal rendering of the an- ed amount of time in relation to the great Special Expert, M. Ioannidou. nulets of the member required both spe- number of subjects and works that had cialist personnel and considerable time. been carried out since the previous Meet- On the Parthenon the works proceeded in ac- ing, was met by two supplementary ac- cordance with the approved programme. Copies of seven metopes and two pedi- tions: a poster exhibition to present the The Head of the work is the architect R. mental sculptures were cast in April 2013 studies, research programmes and special Christodoulopoulou. The scholarly staff of to replace the originals, which were dis- subjects of concern, and a digital publica- the work comprises the architects V. Ma- mantled from the west side of the monu- tion to report on the ten years’ work of the nidaki, A. Papandropoulos and K. Skaris, the ment and are now exhibited in the Muse- Service. This digital report is a large vol- civil engineers A. Vrouva, Z. Konteas, E. um. Three weeks after being cast, the ume of 900 pages, richly illustrated, and Tavouktsi, E. Sourtzi and L. Palaiologos, and copies were placed in cisterns where they tirelessly prepared since the beginning of the archaeologists E. Karakitsou and Dr E. remained for two months so as to complete 2013 by eighteen architects and civil en- Mimidou. The architect L. Lambrinou was the maturation process. The making of the gineers, thirteen archaeologists, seven on leave this year with a study permit. Head- copies was undertaken by the experienced conservators, six draughtsmen, one pho- ing the team of marble technicians were G. YSMA cast-makers, A. Baibas, Th. Kagior- tographer, the rest of the personnel of the Angelopoulos and S. Kardamis. gis, G. Liakopoulos, and G. Argyris, super- Documentation Office and the administra- vised by D. Michalopoulou and the mem- tive staff of the Service. An extensive report on the problems and ber of ESMA, Prof V. Rigopoulou. The YSMA was of course affected by the study for restoration of the west side of the The spring of 2013 saw the revising of M. 3 Korres’ study for the restoration of the flutes on the 9th column of the Parthenon Parthenon’s west wall by the architect L. north side, the north colonnade, which was Lambrinou and the civil engineer V. Pa- restored during the period 2002-2009, has pavasileiou, and its approval by the ESMA. now been fully rendered. The carving of the The restoration of the lintel above the door- final surface of the flutes in the filled-in ar- way of the Opisthonaos, which N. Balanos eas of the drums of six restored columns had made of reinforced concrete, remains had still to be done after the work of that for the Service in a future programme. The period was finished. The carving of the study analyses the means of removing Bal- flutes, a work requiring the utmost accuracy, anos’ construction, the structural restora- was undertaken by the most specialised mar- tion of the four plinths of the lintel, the ble technicians of the Parthenon team. restoration of the two overlying courses of the wall with fillings and the addition of The carving of the flutes of the fillings and new members as well as the organising of drums of new marble in the north column the worksite. The present programme in- of the the pronaos porch was initiated in cludes the structural restoration of the two July 2013. Anastelosis of the colonnade middle plinths of the lintel, ancient frag- was completed in 2004. The initial deci- ments of which were removed from their sion –to render the fillings and drums of positions by N. Balanos and remain in the Carving the flutes in the NE corner of the new marble in a truncated form without Parthenon cella. The marble blocks re- Pronaos. Photo V. Eleftheriou, 2013 fluting– proved from the aesthetic stand- quired have already been found and the which has survived, and their resetting. point inferior to the architectural magnifi- forming of the fillings of these plinths is to Structural restoration of the first course in- cence of the monument. After resubmitting be entrusted to an external partner. volves 20 ancient and 9 new blocks. A- the matter to the Central Archaeological mong the programmed works completed, Council (KAS), the proposal of L. Lambri- The restoration of the orthostates and the the toichobate bedding restored and 9 nou and the writer for carving the flutes by first course of the cella north wall contin- missing corners of the slabs were filled in hand was approved. ued during the past year, in accordance with marble or mortar. Twelve ancient with the approved study by N. Toganidis blocks of the outer orthostate layer were re- In the Propylaia, work continued in the and K. Matala. The intervention includes stored and 4 of these were set in place. At south wing of the monument. The Head of the restoration of the bedding of the toi- the same time work was started on the the project is the civil engineer, D. Mi- chobate, structural restoration of 15 of the restoration of 5 blocks of the first row of the chalopoulou. The scholarly team includes total of 17 blocks of the exterior layer, the north wall, for which 3 fillings of new mar- the architect Dr K. Karanasos, the civil en- making of new orthostates blocks for the ble had to be formed. gineer V. Papavasileiou and the archaeolo- interior course, only one ancient block of With the completion of the cutting of the gists E. Petropoulou and Dr C. Koutsadelis. Head of the marble technicians is G. Desypris. The south wing had been restored in the past, during the years 1946-1954 and 1957-1960 by A. Orlandos, an interven- tion that remained half-finished. The ap- proved study by T. Tanoulas calls for the re- setting of 53 identified architectural mem- bers, of which 42 are on the ground and 9 had been wrongly set from the time when the Frankish Tower was constructed. Two members are to be made entirely of new marble. In 2012 the equipping of the worksite was completed in preparation for Trial setting of the orthostates blocks of the north wall of the Parthenon cella.
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