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[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”small” position=”center” thickness=”1″][vc_column_text el_class=”quote”]After 30 years, the San Francesco d’Assisi al Fopponino church in Milan, for whose interior Gio Ponti and Olivari collaborated on the Cono door handle, will now once again be illuminated in the way Ponti intended.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”70″ down=”0″][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”grid” text_align=”center” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”24211″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” qode_css_animation=”element_from_fade” transition_delay=”0.3″][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”55″ down=”0″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Given by bilingual architects (italian and english) <\/p>\n The church is open and visitable 7 days per week [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”15″ down=”0″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n In collaboration with Gio Ponti Archives <\/em><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”25″ down=”0″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” background_color=”#ffffff” padding_top=”50″][vc_column width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1493151355602{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”27062″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=”element_from_fade” qode_hover_animation=”darken”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1493151360146{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”27079″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=”element_from_fade” transition_delay=”0.5″ qode_hover_animation=”darken”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1493151364317{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”27085″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=”element_from_fade” transition_delay=”0.8″ qode_hover_animation=”darken”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” background_color=”#ffffff” padding_top=”100″ padding_bottom=”60″][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”small” position=”center” thickness=”1″][vc_column_text el_class=”quote”]Olivari has offered to bring Ponti’s lamps back “to light” by wielding its technological and artisanal expertise toward their restoration.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”55″ down=”0″][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]T<\/span> he 20 brass suspension lamps lining the church’s central nave were disused in the 1980s in favour of new brighter lamps. Fitted with metal-halide bulbs, these powerful latter-day spotlights badly distorted Ponti’s original spatial concept and its intimate atmosphere. [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n In parallel Olivari devised a system of low-voltage LED strips<\/strong> to provide the same number of lumens emitted by the high-voltage loops of neon originally mounted inside each semi-cylindrical brass element. The LED strips, which diffuse soft, warm light, were positioned inside invisibly, attached by Velcro so as to be easily replaceable.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”yes” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_top=”100″][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1491981443760{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”27060″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1491981452354{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”27089″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” background_color=”#ffffff” padding_top=”100″][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”quote”]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”55″ down=”0″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n The first was the restoration of the metal components’ original<\/strong> appearance by using products that would guarantee good stability over time. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” row_negative_margin=”disable_negative_margin” transition_delay=”0.5″ css=”.vc_custom_1492012290721{margin-top: 80px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1492012226651{padding-right: 10% !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”27082″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” qode_css_animation=”” transition_delay=”0.5″ qode_hover_animation=”darken”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_top=”100″ padding_bottom=”60″][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”27100″ img_size=”400×600″ alignment=”center” qode_css_animation=”element_from_fade” qode_hover_animation=”darken”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space height=”150px”] [vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” background_color=”#ffffff” padding_top=”86″][vc_column][vc_column_text] SALONE DEL MOBILE 2018 [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”small” position=”center” thickness=”1″][vc_column_text el_class=”quote”]After 30 years, the San Francesco d’Assisi al Fopponino church in Milan, for whose interior Gio Ponti and Olivari collaborated on the Cono door handle, will now once again be illuminated in the way Ponti intended.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”70″ down=”0″][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”grid” text_align=”center” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”24211″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” qode_css_animation=”element_from_fade” transition_delay=”0.3″][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”55″ down=”0″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text] 16 \u2013 22 April 2018 Guided tours from 8.30 pm to 9.15 pm Given by bilingual architects (italian and english) San Francesco al Fopponino Church Via Paolo Giovio…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full_width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\n16 \u2013 22 April 2018
\nGuided tours from 8.30 pm to 9.15 pm<\/h4>\n
\nSan Francesco al Fopponino Church
\nVia Paolo Giovio 41, Milan<\/p>\n
\nfrom 8.00 am\u00a0to 12.30\u00a0am and from\u00a04.00 pm to 10.00 pm<\/p>\nThe restoration of the metal parts<\/h6>\n
\nOver the years, the old brass lamps had oxidised and blackened, losing the luminous, elegant finish with which they had been designed.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”55″ down=”0″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]The restoration began with the lamps’ metal structure, and was executed at the Olivari factory. The first step was to determine the type of finish that had originally been applied to the brass. This was analysed in the laboratory. After sanding and grinding the surface to remove the layer of oxidation, the brass half-cylinders were satined horizontally, coated with transparent varnish and heated in a furnace. This will allow the lamps to maintain their fresh beauty for many years to come.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”55″ down=”0″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”27074″ img_size=”500×700″ qode_css_animation=”element_from_fade” qode_hover_animation=”darken”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space height=”120px”][vc_single_image image=”27064″ img_size=”large” qode_css_animation=”element_from_fade” transition_delay=”0.3″ qode_hover_animation=”darken”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nTechnical update<\/h4>\n
In agreement with the cultural heritage department of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan, a two-pronged approach was pursued.<\/h4>\n
\nThe second was to substitute the neon light sources<\/strong> with a technologically advanced system that would have a longer life and be less costly in electricity requirements.<\/p>\n<\/i>
The final aim was to rehabilitate the meditative atmosphere Gio Ponti had strived to obtain when he designed both the lamps and the window apertures in such a way as to bathe the church in suffusive light. Olivari has now restored the hanging lamps and their light, elegant aesthetics to their former splendour.<\/h5><\/blockquote>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”yes” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” side_padding=”5{1adff41c5ed09cf28db488199d6381e2896a2e4f10c7f91bd32a6edba73b55ee}” padding_top=”20″][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1491981443760{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”27094″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=”” transition_delay=”0.3″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1491981452354{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”27096″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=”” transition_delay=”0.6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"