Falconnier's Glass Bricks at Eroshenko House

Nikita Andreev sent pictures of the restoration work at Eroshenko House, Baskov Pereulok 5 in Saint Petersburg. The new bricks used in the restoration were made by NWGlass-lab. The restoration was carried out in a greenhouse made of plastic oilcloth and equipped with convection heaters, but it was still quite cold: the temperature inside the greenhouse was around 10°C and outside it was between 0-2°C during the restoration process, which took 10 days. To ensure a faster process, different types of cement were experimented with before making a final selection.

The molds were created in 3D on a computer and the metal details were ordered from a metal factory. The faces were made using a 3D router. Involved were Ivan Kozitsyn (technologist), Ruslan Poznyak (welder and mold operator), and Vladimir Likhorad (glassblower).

Glass.lab is embossed on the long side of ¾, ½, and ¼ partial bricks, on the full-size Nº9, and on the seals.

NWGlass-lab makes bricks for restoration work and commercial use, and is providing new bricks for the upcoming Falconnier exhibition at the Moscow Museum of Architecture in April 2023, to be displayed along with original bricks from Nikita's collection.

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Pictured are Tamara Kovaleva (director of production), Polina Bokova (constructor of metal-form and 3D-body of blocks) and Alexandra Sumkina (architect-restorer).

Falconnier glass bricks at Eroshenko House (Saint Petersburg)

Polina Bokova

Alexandra Sumkina

Tamara Kovaleva

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