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Planning & Implementing a Successful
Church Interior Finishes
Restoration Project
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Learning Objectives
• Learn the key steps in planning a church restoration/renewal project from pre-construction/design, including assessing existing conditions, development of treatment options, budgeting, reaching consensus in a collaborative process, through implementation
• Learn about the collaborative process of evaluating what to conserve, restore,
replicate or add to a sacred space • Understand the creative and material resources that go into design and production of
artwork and architectural ornament • Gain a sense of the coordination and timeframe needed for field investigation, studio
design and production, onsite treatments and installation of new elements.
What is EverGreene?
• Planning & Design
• Plaster Restoration & New Design
• Decorative Painting
• New Murals
• Mural Conservation
• Specialty Contracting
• Scagliola
• Historic Finishes Investigations
• Stone, Wood & Metal
• Novawall Acoustic Fabric Panels
• Over 200 Churches
• More than 12 Cathedrals • 31 State Capitols • Over 200 Theaters • Scores of Courthouses, Commercial Buildings,
Private Residences & Institutional Properties
Art Science Construction
Essential to Restoration & renewal
Key Steps in Planning Your Church Renewal
Pre-Construction Design & Planning • Assessing Conditions • Development of Design, Treatment
Options, and Budgets • Reaching Consensus in a Collaborative
Decision-Making Process • Coordination of Design and Construction
Team
Implementation • Project Logistics and Management • Scaffolding • Restoring an Occupied Space
• Restoration of an Historic Church • New Design in an Existing Church • New Construction & New Design
Pre-Construction: Understanding the Building
• Establish Project Intentions
• Research: • Perform In Situ Investigation: finishes, plaster, wood,
marble, mural • Review Historic Photos & Documents • Review Historic Precedents
• Findings & Recommendations • Treatment Options
Project Planning
• Define Scope of Work & Menu of Options • Prepare Budget Ranges & Value Engineering Alternatives • Establish Schedule • Provide Fundraising Tools: Renderings & Mock Ups • Project Logistics & Scaffolding • Trade Coordination & Sequencing
Identifying Materials Investigating Pathologies Consideration of Building Systems & their Impact on Substrate & Finishes
Understanding the Physical Building
Historic Finishes Investigations Provide Valuable Information for Well Designed Projects
Levels of Intervention
• Conservation • Restoration • Replication • New Design
• Establishes quality of workmanship
• Allows for design refinement prior to full-scale implementation
• Verify design decisions at full scale
• Generates enthusiasm and spurs fund-raising by sharing the dramatic improvement and vision with the congregation
Onsite Mock-Ups
Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Kansas City, MO
St. Francis Xavier Church New York, NY
• Historic Finishes Investigation
• Mural Conservation Study
• Mural Conservation
• Plaster Restoration & Repair
• Decorative Painting: • Tromp l’oeil • Stenciling • Glazing • Highlighting
• Straight Painting
• Marble Flooring Installation
Study the original design, prior decoration, and evolution over time, and then establish the target period of significance and restoration priorities and goals.
Inventory of Architectural Components and Current Conditions
Determine how much of the historic fabric and decorativ
scheme is extant.
• Microscopy, chromochronologies
& color matching • Laboratory and media analysis
Determine the historically appropriate color palette for the important interior design elements of the space
Understand the pathology of plaster/substrata and paint failure to help ensure a long-lasting restoration
Substrata Conditions Survey
Reflected Ceiling Plan, Plaster Survey
Systematic Estimating Ensures Accurate Budgets
Budget Development
Scheduling & Project Management
Education • Town meetings • Make the process exciting • Rally public support • Regular project team meetings
Safety • Signage • Barriers for egress and access • Fire safety (extinguishers, identified
evacuation routes) • Ventilation • Regular clean-up
Discreet Operations • Separate entrances for the public • Dust and noise control • Isolate and contain the work area • Work during off-peak hours
Decorum & Site Safety
Mechanical & Chemical Plaster Consolidation
Flat & Ornamental Plaster Repair
Sculpture Repair
Stone Cleaning
• Straight Painting
• Priming
• Base Painting
• Polychromy
Painting & Decorative Finishes
St. Matthew’s Cathedral
Washington, DC
• Historic Restoration • Occupied Space • Mural Conservation • Conservation of Architectural Finishes • Mosaic Cleaning & Conservation • Marble Restoration • New Decoration: Sgraffito • Plaster • Decorative Paint • Design Development • Established Budgets
• The physical possibility of remaining occupied • The motivation behind keeping a space occupied • Restoration Goals vs. Building Functions: Level of Restoration
• Prioritizing all factors affecting the work by relative importance
Occupied Space Projects
Immaculate Conception Cathedral Wichita, KS
• Schematic Design
• Design Development
• Original Murals
• Ornamental & Flat Plaster
• Decorative Painting
Permanent Elements Stained Glass, Stone, Metal, Flooring, Plaster & Wood
Transient Elements Paint, Fixtures, Furnishings, Carpet, Draperies & Fabric
Aesthetic Concerns Consider the Balance & Harmony of the aesthetics as a whole
• Creation of Color Boards (including gilding and glazing colors)
• Presentation of Historic Color Palette /
Development of New Color Palette • Alternative Color Palettes • Considerations:
•Scale
•Rhythm
•Pattern
•Texture
•Color Harmony
•Value Relationships (Warm, Cool)
Development of Color Boards
• Itemized Conceptual Scope
• Conceptual Design
Schematic Design
PRE-CONSTRUCTION DESIGN & PLANNING
Design Phase: Religious Symbolism
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Sacramento, CA
Baptism
Reconciliation Penance
Confession
Holy Eucharist Confirmation
Matrimony
Holy Orders
Extreme Unction
Consider the building’s symbolism and liturgical use
ntifying and incorporating unique parish identity along with universal beliefs
Surface Preparation: The Key to Durability
• Vacuuming
• Washing
• Removal of Distemper Paint
• Fiberglass Wall Surface System
• Canvas Lining
• Skim Coat
Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel Thomas Aquinas College
Santa Paula, CA
• Design & Creation of New Plaster Ornament • New Classical Sanctuary • New Mural Design • Decorative Painting
Research
St. Paul’s Westerville, OH
New Murals in a New Church
“The murals planned by EverGreene at St. Paul's Church [in Westerville, Ohio] display what is perhaps most complete, beautiful and theologically appropriate iconographic program I have seen in any parish built since the Second Vatican Council, perhaps even several decades before.” - Denis R. McNamara, Ph.D., Assistant Director, The Liturgical Institute
Creating a project that is Greater than the sum of its parts
• Apply intelligence, artistry, and craftsmanship at each step of the
process • A Church is a living, sacred building – respect the purpose it was build
for and that which it serves • Balance practical considerations with the intangible elements that
give meaning to the space
Thank you for joining us!
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This concludes The American Institute of Architects Continuing Education Systems Course