Category: Past Projects

Our priority was to establish an overview of the reparto as a whole - who is responsible for its various aspects and who is buried there - before venturing into actually restoring structures or individual graves.
Venice City Council, as the owner of the Island of San Michele and of the Monastery and Cemetery there, is responsible for the infrastructure of the Protestant section; responsibility for upkeep of the graves, on the other hand, is determined by the terms of concessions granted for their construction.
Nevertheless, our initial efforts have been directed at accumulating reliable information about all aspects of the past and present of the area.

Preparing new drainage system

Oddbjørn SørmoenNo comments

With the reclaiming of land on the south-eastern side of the island to accommodate the Chipperfield extension of the municipal cemetery, the drainage situation of the Protestant Cemetery was altered….

Stratigraphic investigation

Oddbjørn SørmoenNo comments

Geotechnical and hydrogeological investigations have been carried out, to ascertain the stratigraphic and geotechnical characteristics of the cemetery terrain. The area is partly island and partly landfill. Samples were subjected…

Structural survey

Oddbjørn SørmoenNo comments

A structural survey has been conducted, to collect physical basic data: dimensions, forms and material of the historic building materials as well as to map and codify the tombs. This…

Archive studies to name the buried

Oddbjørn SørmoenNo comments

We have commissioned a thorough study of the municipal archives to record the names of the people buried and the terms on which permission was granted. This is of great…

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