The firm’s films: history, sites and awards
Eight films from RIVA’s YouTube channel tell the firm’s history, some of its sites and the 2023 Mezzanotte Prize.
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A sustainable-impact worksite, Silver level
Renewable energy in the offices, the «Cantiere Impatto Sostenibile» protocol and programmed maintenance: sustainability as the firm understands it.
Low-impact worksites: conserving while reducing waste
Thermal insulation, renewable sources where possible, recycling of discarded materials and minimal restoration: the firm’s commitments on site.
A year of studies for seismic improvement in Piazza di Spagna
Study, diagnostics and design for the seismic improvement of a listed building in one of Rome’s best-known squares: the experimental project told on film.
The 2023 Mezzanotte Prize for Casa degli Omenoni
The restoration of Leone Leoni’s façade in Milan receives the 2023 Mezzanotte Prize as best restoration project, presented at MADE expo.
Restoration, history and the present: ten video lessons
From Viollet-le-Duc to the Venice Charter, from the sites of Rome to those of Milan: Enzo Medardo Costantini’s ten-lesson course on the firm’s channel.
Tales from the sites: the firm’s films
Few words and many images: the short films in which RIVA tells the progress of its restorations, from Teatro alla Scala to the Imperial Fora, from Palazzo Labus to Villa Frascoli.
Work in progress: the nymphaeum of Villa d’Este
In Cernobbio the firm is restoring the seventeenth-century nymphaeum known as «il Mosaico»: polychrome pebbles, niches and statues, consolidated and then cleaned with the care each material requires.
Five investigations before the site opens
Laboratory tests, stratigraphy, micro-coring, thermography and drone surveys: the diagnostics with which the firm reads a building before intervening.