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SUPERSTAR Sustainable Preservation Strategies for Street Art

31/03/2025

The PRIN-2020 SUPERSTAR Sustainable Preservation Strategies for Street Art project has set itself the goal of defining innovative guidelines for the conservation strategy of street art, aimed at safeguarding its powerful social and cultural message in the urban context. 

Attention was paid to the materials used by the artists and to the environmental risks and anthropogenic stresses they suffer for the identification of innovative cleaning methods and protective coating materials selected with particular attention to the durability aspects, studied and tested as part of the project for the development of an integrated protocol for long-term sustainable monitoring and conservation.

The CCR collaborated with the University of Turin, experimenting with the methods of laser cleaning of mural pictorial surfaces and diagnostics related to the control of conservation operations, and hosting dissemination events at its headquarters at the end of the project activities. Day of studiand practical application workshops on CCR Digital Lab Platform

Country/Area
Italy

Period of performance
03/2022-03/2025

Duration
36 months

Thematic area
Projects of Significant National Interest (PRIN)
University research funded by the MUR (Ministry of University and Research)

Coordinator
University of Pisa – Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry

Research Unit

  • University of Turin – Department of Chemistry
  • CNR-SCITEC Perugia, CNR-ICCOM Pisa, CNR-ISPC Potenza
  • Politecnico di Milano – Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering ‘Giulio Natta’
  • University of Bologna – Department of Chemistry ‘Giacomo Ciamician’
  • Ca Foscari University of Venice – Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics

Science

The Scientific Laboratories carry out diagnostic and research activities applied to Cultural Heritage with advanced technological tools, including an innovative radio-tomographic machine for digital radiographs and CT scans of large objects.

Training

The School of Higher Education and Study (SAF) organizes and manages training and professional development courses and, thanks to the agreement with the University of Turin, participates in the organization of the Degree Course.

Documentation

The Center develops and conducts activities of documentation and enhancement of archival and bibliographic funds of particular importance for the conservation and restoration of cultural heritage.