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Fotografie istoric\u0103 de la \u00eenceputul secolului trecut.<\/p><\/div>\n
2. Description of the building<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nA first Unitarian church was built in 1568, made of wood, followed by a masonry building set on fire in 1784, which was then replaced by the present church, built in 1796.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nThe church architecture is imposing by its simple volumetry, with wide surfaces free of any decoration, articulated in a well-balanced composition dominated by the vertical tower. The tower’s baroque roof framing in two registers, together with the roof framing of the access aedicula on the north-eastern side, are the specific elements of this monument.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nTwo epigraph plates are mounted on the tower’s access facade, showing the monument’s age: the first one is a dedicatory inscription installed on the occasion of the church refurbishment in 1958: <\/span><\/span>Ez a templom \u00e9p\u00fclt az EGY ISTEN \/ tisztelet\u00e9re 1796-ban \/ javitatott 1958-ban<\/i><\/span><\/span> [This church was built for the One God in 1796, refurbished in 1958]; the second one only notes the date when the present church was built: <\/span><\/span>A\u00afN 1796<\/i><\/span><\/span>. The solemn monumentality of the church interior is moderated by historical furniture, the most remarkable being the pulpit and the organ (installed in 1862).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLocated on the top of a small hill, in the town’s central area, the church dominates the Central Square complex and radiates upon the entire surrounding man-made landscape, standing out as a valuable element of the urban structure. The church, together with the other monuments grouped around it, belonging to the Unitarian community – the cantor’s house (no. 390), the parish house (no. 391) and the bell ringer’s house (no. 553) – illustrate a remarkable particularity of the town’s urban structure: the organization in congregation nuclei.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n3. Description of works<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Conservation status at the commencement of intervention works<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The church was lastly refurbished in the 1990s, when large portions of the interior and exterior plaster, for about one third of the height, were replaced with cement plaster. The effects of cement upon the historical construction materials and systems, well known to those who work in the field of heritage protection, were not late: salt efflorescences appeared, ascensional humidity in the walls increased, the plaster lost adherence to the brickwork and in some areas it even came off the walls. The current roofing, made of plane folded metal sheet, was installed in the 1960s to replace the historical shingle roofing. That was an important change in the building’s authentic architectural image, which had been characterised before by the strong black and white contrast between the whitewashed surfaces and the weathered wood. These relatively recent interventions have not generated major damages overall, but they resulted in a change in colouring and texture and a loss of the craftsman quality of materials and surfaces.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nThe church maintains its historical carpentry: doors, windows, the bell tower shutters. These elements require current repair works and locally, in the case of a few shutters, they even require more serious works to repair and replace some seriously damaged parts.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n- Purpose and scope of the works proposed under Adopt a House programme<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The conservation and restoration works envisaged aim to recreate a functional and aesthetic balance between the parts of the building, by removing inadequate materials (cement, plane metal sheet) and restoring the traditional finishes (lime-sand plasters, shingle roofing).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nThese works, although having a moderate scope, make it possible to achieve conservation and valorization goals by repairing or replacement of finishes and limited consolidation works; in addition they envisage to increase safety and comfort by upgrading installations (sockets and interior\/exterior lighting; heating; lightning rod).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n- Works performed prior to the building’s inclusion in Adopt a House Programme<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In 2011 within the ARA Summer School works have been undertaken to remove the cement mortar, to refill the joints with lime grout and to restore some of the bell tower window shutters.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n- Categories of necessary works identified at the time of inclusion in Adopt a House Programme<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n\n\n\n <\/colgroup>\n\n\n| <\/td>\n | Interventions – categories of works proposed for funding<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nI.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nRepair works on exterior finishes<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n| <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 1.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n | –<\/span><\/span> pickling<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n | performed in the 2011 campaign<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| 2.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n | – cleaning the joints with a cleat<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n | performed in the 2011 campaign<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| 3.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n | – refilling the joints<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n | partly performed in the 2011 campaign (50%)<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| 4<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n | – replastering with lime-sand mortar<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n | partly performed in the 2011 campaign (10%)<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| 5.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n | – repair works – luting and completions to historical plasters<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| II.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n | Reconditioning and restoring historical carpentry<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n| <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 1.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n | – checking the existing carpentry<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 2.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n | – repair works<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 3.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n | – painting<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| III.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n | Structural consolidation of the portico<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/td>\n| <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| IV.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n | Replacement of the metal sheet roof with a historical shingle roofing<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n| <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| V.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n | Electrical, <\/span><\/span>thermal <\/span><\/span>installations and lightning rod<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n 4. <\/b>Previous campaigns <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n2018 Campaign<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nThis year we worked together with shingle craftsmen in Horea village to replace the degraded metal sheet roofing with a traditional shingle roofing. The wide-ranging consolidation works in the 2017 campaign have been followed this year by consolidation works, completions in damaged walls, refilling joints and restoring plaster and mouldings in the large areas strongly affected by displacements.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nIn parallel with the urgent works mentioned above there was a local initiative from Adrian Petri, owner of <\/span><\/span>Casa Petri in Ro\u0219ia Montan\u0103<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> (see <\/span><\/span> <\/u>House with urban influences ( 17th c., 1870-1890, post 1935, Ro\u0219ia Montan\u0103 no. 331A<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, included in Adopt a House Programme), who proposed us to arrange the interior of the Unitarian church bell tower, with minimum interventions, in order to include it in the guided tours offered by local people. The floors were consolidated by doubling with wooden boards, lighting installations were mounted, exhibition materials were displayed, the existing carpentry was reconditioned or missing elements were recreated. Details here \u2013 <\/span><\/span>Activity Report for 2018<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n2017 Campaign<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nDuring the 2017 campaign we managed to finalize urgent works as a first necessity – introducing a reinforced concrete belt at the foundation and metal belts under the cornice. Details here \u2013 <\/span><\/span>Activity Report for 2017<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n2015-2016 Campaigns<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nThe small amounts of funds collected in previous years, as compared to financial needs, as well as the administrative blocking entailed by the lack of urban planning legislation, have not made possible an overall planned intervention. Details here \u2013 <\/span><\/span>Activity Report for 2015<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>;<\/span><\/span> Activity Report for 2016<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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