Site management

Installation of the bronze statue at the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo

A work by the Canadian artist Timothy Paul Schmalz. Site management for the installation of a large bronze high relief in the gardens of the Pontifical Villas at Castel Gandolfo. The works comprised the excavation and the reinforced concrete foundation beam with provisions for building services, the protected transport of the work in a steel frame and its positioning on the base.

Client: MIR GROUP S.r.l.
Artist: Timothy Paul Schmalz
Location: Pontifical Villas · Vatican City (Castel Gandolfo, RM)
Work: Monumental bronze high relief
Services: Site management
Works: Reinforced concrete foundation, provisions for building services, transport and installation of the work

The bronze high relief installed in the gardens at Castel Gandolfo

The installed work

The bronze work in front of the portico, side view — The work on its new base, in front of the portico.

The site

Excavation for the foundation of the work — The foundation excavation.

Reinforcement of the foundation beam with provisions for building services — Reinforcement and provisions for building services.

The work protected in its steel transport frame — Transporting the work in its protective frame.