Progetto Arte Poli srl

Overlooking the banks of lake maggiore, in the town centre of stresa and directly opposite to the borromean islands, the hotel is a prestigious place both for its facilities and its history. It dates back to 1908, the year in which it was inaugurated. To enhance the entrance from the internal garden, in 2005 albano poli was charged to implement an external shelter. The external shelter was built up in a liberty style and an inner door was created to embellish the whole entrance. The inner door is in liberty style too and it is made of blown glass, wrought steel and gold decorations. Inside, albano poli used blown glass to create a circular skylight illuminating and decorating the great and precious staircase.

Artistic stained glass windows and sculptures can transform a working place into a cozy environment but at the same time promoting the activities that take place there. The light that passes through blown glasses warms up the atmosphere, while sculptures, paintings, skylights and frescos manage to surprise the client visiting the company: art is the mean through which the company succeeds in the task of conveying their own values and mission.

Built in 1755 in the centre of copenaghen, hotel d’angleterre has been an important place for numerous political and national events in the history of denmark. The hotel, also thanks to its 250 year history, is a symbol of elegance, luxury and style. In 2005 the hotel owners charged albano poli to create a new ceiling in the party hall. The master designed not only the blown glass decorative ceiling, but also an aluminium and glass pyramid roof, thus enhancing also the exteriors of the hotel. The blown glass ceiling enhances the beauty of the whole environment and it features a central mechanized opening to let air circulate, combining elegance to handiness.

The large mosaic depicting marco simoncelli welcomes visitors to the new centre "casa marco simoncelli" inaugurated on the 20th january 2019 on the birthday of the champion of motorcycling who died in malaysia in 2011. Made entirely by hand with about 250,000 stones and smalti tesseraes, the 48 square meter mosaic portrays marco when he won the world championship in sepang in the 250 class in 2008. The perfect reproduction was possible thanks to the skill of the artisans of our studio project arte poli who, according to the traditional technique of mosaic art, faithfully recreated the image through the manual cutting and placement of each tessera and reproduced every detail and the happy, confident and honest expression on marco's face. The day care centre for disabled people is at a few kilometres from coriano (rimini) and was built with funds gathered over the last 5 years by marco simoncelli foundation and will be managed by monte tauro community.

Artistic glass windows are made exclusively of mouth blown glass according to ancient techniques. The artistic glass windows are unique and one-of-a-kind artworks thanks to the working procedures employed and to high quality mouth blown glass used, which features unique hues and transparencies.

The s.maria della misericordia church, located in baranzate in the milan province, represents a building of religious and social importance and a modern work of art in the town’s history that is still today object of study by architects and designers. The restoration of nostra signora della misericordia church in baranzate, called the glass church, had the purpose of restoring its original aspect, adapting the building to the required needs and comforts, with reference to the building that cardinal montini consecrated on the 7th of november 1958 and that was designed by the architects mangiarotti, morassuti and favini. This project was the rewriting of the same work: what was left by the original building has created in this work the unavoidable thread to go along once again. Inside the church’s global restoration there was the renovation of the metal structures and of the glass façades. The metal structure of the walls In the analysis made by the sbg designers, many problems have been met which have implied important changes to the restoration project, also thanks to the cooperation and the proposals made by progetto arte poli during the works, as to give a suitable and concrete solution to every problem. On the metal structure too, which wanted to maintain the original aesthetic principles, a particular study has been carried out that had to guarantee the respect of the current regulations under all aspects: anti-seismic, structural-architectural, thermal insulation and sound proofing. In order that the structure would ensure the durability and reproduce simultaneously the "aluminium" visual effect of the coating used to cover the old iron deteriorated frame, a complex framework made of blasted and painted stainless has been designed. This important change in the material has implied numerous studies to maintain the architectural dimensional measures of the original project and to determine the new fixing systems to the perimetric structure respecting the current regulations. The glass panels As per the glass panels the purpose was to reach the original effect using an external striped glass and an internal polystyrene panel, to which we needed to add performance characteristics both thermic, aesthetic than the durability required by the clients. After a long and particular research we have arrived to a solution that provides for a triple double-glazing with four glasses of composition and with different characteristics whose combined parts allow to obtain the desired effect without using perishable films.

Customer’s request:to enhance the cathedral in bari with a candleholder for the paschal candle. Given the fact that the church is visited by many adherents of different christian faith professions, the client requested an artwork which would have a wide ecumenical and catechesis value. The challenges: to make a candleholder which would compliment the comprehensive art of the cathedral and would be characterized by a metaphorical style which everyone could easily understand.it was aimed to be another piece of the millennial christian path of this heterogeneous community. The artwork: The candleholder is inspired by the “exultet” of bari (x-xi a.c.), which invites the believers to exult for the fulfillment of the paschal mistery. The candleholder is bounded by scenes which recall the history of the safeness of the humankind. The several events described are all linked to the theme of the water. Saint bishops nicola and sabino, and two prophet are carved into base, accompanied by the symbols of the four evangelists at the corners. Master poli decided to engrave the holy jerusalem for the first image, as a way to communicate to those who look at the artwork that the safeness of the humankind has been in god's mind since the origin of humanity. From there, the scenes move on to the expulsion from the garden of eden to the resurrection sunday where god saves his people from slavery. The old testament scenes conclude with the depiction of the ark of the covenant. The new testament begins with a scene of the annunciation: mary is represented near the bees, which are the symbol of breeding in virginity. Jesus reveals himself as the messiah throught the faith of john the baptist during the baptism of christ and through mary's faith where the first miracle is performed at the wedding at cana. In conjunction with that episode we find the last supper which is intended to convey the beginning and the end of the jesus' missions of preaching. The passion is symbolically represented by the lamb, the same lamb of the holy jerusalem, and also the tree of life which revokes the cross and at the same time the garden of eden. The last image is the risen christ together with the apostles in one of his appearances before pentecost. He is the light in the world. We all exult with the words “exultet iam angelica turba caelorum!”, carved on the top of the candleholder. The artwork is 3 meters high and is carved out of one single piece of marble. The marble used (trani) is the same one used to build the cathedral.

In the first catholic university in hong kong several artworks were designed and made: entrance stained glass windows, marble inlay mosaic in the conference hall, stained glass windows, ceiling artistic paintings, bronze crucifix and liturgical furniture of the chapel. The artworks of the institute were designed as a “single, comprehensive project”, where you can observe the generative process, its unravelling from the original point to its deepest forms. The same works thus can simply transmit their contents by becoming “messengers” of universal contents common to all humankind. The theme guide and the content for the artistic making of the works is the “divine light”, the illumination of the spirit over darkness, one theme, common denominator of the teaching of three saints, francis of assisi, francis of sales and francis xavier. Three strong evidences that become universal messages: love through nature, love through teaching, love through communication.

Customer’s request: making of the side door for the monument “cross of the third millenium” (coquimbo, chile). The challenges: the biggest challenge was to make a side door which should have both an important meaning (by representing the bound with the community and the country) and at the same time wouldn't diminish the existing main door. Strategy and implementation: this door is dedicated to mary, in particular our lady of mount carmel. Given the devotion of chilean people to our lady, master poli chose to represent a “new mary”, who could be identified as “our lady of chile”. Our lady is holding jesus and is surrounded by angels. Each one has a scroll with the name of each chilean regions. The entire country is there and it pays homage to mary. The clothing of mary is opened on the front and it has a double meaning: first of all it is the traditional symbol of maternity, but also represents the outline of the country of chile. A dark patina was used to enhance the features of the door: the angels, our lady and chile. Technical specifications: The door is composed by a bronze part in the front and a restored wooden part at the back.

Customer’s request: implementing a work to split the baptistery into two parts to create a safe passage for tourists visiting the basilica and to protect the masterpieces located in this area, including the baptistery. The challenges: implementing a glass partition wall that is both a work of art and a structure integrated in the environment and in the existing architecture. Installing the work in a non-invasive way and without damaging the decorated walls of the baptistery. Strategy and implementation: geometrical shapes and abstract patterns were used for this work: the first ones were used to adapt the work to the existing architecture, while the second ones were employed to create a unique masterpiece in this prestigious environment. The regular geometric pattern of the light grid is a filter between the two environments, capable of breaking down the power of the central beam, a heavenly ray of light coming from the holy ghost. Fair and luminous colours, such as white and yellow, were used, flowing on the glass window surface, toning down to create warm and appealing nuances. The lines break the grid and make it more vibrant, thus highlighting the luminous central part, where the holy ghost is visible in the upper lines: a white dove surrounded by the purifying light. The other door was designed using the same style to make the whole work more consistent. The glass window was created by using matt glass panes in the lower part as well as more transparent ones in the upper part to prevent tourists from looking inside the baptistery and to preserve the view of the architectural elements in the upper part, so that they can still communicate one with the other through the glass window. Technical specifications: the stainless steel frame has been adapted to the architecture to limit any invasive setting up intervention: six points of the frame are actually in touch with the walls and with the upper vault, which is where the closing element is located, made of tempered glass shaped adapting it to the decorations. Panels are placed in a double glazing window, which makes both environments safe for visitors, prevents the deterioration. The double glazing system provide an acoustic insulation to avoid any hindrance to the celebrations in the baptistery. Materials employed: we used high quality and hand-crafted mouth blown glass panes, which were shaped and engraved to obtain specific nuances and colours.

The chapel of blessed virgin mary of loreto and italy situated inside the st. John paul ii centre, is a sign of respect and gratitude to polish soldiers who released the italian marche region from the nazi-fascists, and to st. John paul ii who visited loreto on several occasions, confirming the bond that the polish and the people of krakow, like him, had towards marche. The making of the chapel was promoted by marcello bedeschi, secretary of anci marche and president of the st. John paul ii and youth foundation and supported by the marche region and the archbishop of krakow card. Stanislaw dziwisz. Besides the marble liturgical furniture progetto arte poli made three mosaics: one, made of golden tesseraes is placed behind the madonna sculpture in the presbytery, the other two, located on the lateral walls, depict the world youth day in montorso (loreto) and saint john paul ii making a pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the holy house at the time he was not pope yet.

The deep experience in the artistic sector has led progetto arte poli studio to take part in the project of the artist sergio rodella to create a three-dimensional sculpture depicting the man wrapped in the shroud. Today progetto arte poli is the only studio authorized to faithfully reproduce this sculpture in different materials thanks to its experience and ability to create works of art by combining traditional manual techniques with the most innovative technologies.the first faithful copy of the sculpture has been reproduced in plaster for the maronite catholic church in lebanon and represents the deserved recognition of the great scientific and meticulous work done for over two years.the scientific method required deep anatomical studies and the development of a particular mould considering that the body was wrapped in the sheet.taking into consideration that the body was in close contact with the linen cloth, it was then possible to explain scientifically that some imperfections that can be noticed on the shroud are only the result of an incorrect way of evaluating the shroud. The shroud is exposed today as a sheet perfectly stretched and laid on a flat surface, but taking into consideration that it wrapped a body, the most truthful image is achieved through the placement of the cloth over a three-dimensional model that fills the space that surrounded it. We wanted to give dimensions and volumes to that tormented body that was contained in the cloth. By calculating the whole bone structure of the man of the shroud the sculptor has made an iron model with semi-movable parts so that they could be moved and modified according to the studies and the modifications needed during the production phase of the model. Subsequently, after finding all anatomical proportions, the clay was then applied in order to shape the man in a rigorous manner.nowadays the sculpture is the most faithful image of the body wrapped in the shroud and represents a huge progress in the research and knowledge of the shroud and what it can reveal about the torture suffered by the body it wrapped.

A handcrafted mosaic, made through an innovative interpretation, is a unique artwork where small "imperfections" are the tangible sign of a "perfect" handicraft which moves away from mechanical means.

Painting can faithfully transmits an idea, a message and a feeling without restrictions from matter.

Bronze lost wax casting is an ancient technique that requires a long and accurate working procedure where attention to details is essential to create the artwork.

The stone, a strong and solid material, after processing looks like a plastic element, molded according to the artist's will. The experience and the art allow what is not a transformation but a liberation: the three-dimensional vision, projected into the stone block, slowly comes to life, skillfully removing what is unrelated with it.

Located along the marina bay waterfront, marina bay sands features three cascading hotel towers topped by an extraordinary sky park. Inside the hotel there are a theatre, a museum, several restaurants, a casinò and international and most luxury branded shops. In the hotel progetto arte poli made two mouth blown glass ceilings with a backlit system.

The artwork is an extraordinary transformation of a precious portoro gold marble slab. The artist’s vision stands out from the marble slab thanks to a processing of breaking up and arranging the matter and thanks to the mosaic technique. The two-dimensional image of a jaguar face comes out through the rearrangement of the matter by the skilful artisan who makes the mosaic according to the antique technique. Every tessera is cut and positioned manually.

A hotel, but even a b&b, are places in which the costumer wants to live an experience, places that for a small amount of time become special homes. Art is the way to achieve this aim, therefore used used by many of the biggest hotels in the world which install unique artworks that customers will always remember.

Squares, public offices, theatres and other public places are enhanced by the light of mouth-blown glass, by the wrought iron beauty, by the bronze sculpture that traditionally decorates city centres. Sculptures that even today can easily be found in the middle of roundabouts or in all new spaces that are being built everyday: artistic monuments have a clear cultural and social value, for commemoration or simply decoration but they are always unique and unrepeatable.

The private residence , whether it is a house, apartment, loft or villa, can be enhanced by functional artworks realized with a sensibility that comes from over sixty years experience in this sector. Artistic stained glass windows and sculptures contribute to give a warmer surrounding with a touch of modern design or classic inspiration. Every project is the result of an open dialogue with the customer and the designer, persuing the aim of satisfying the client's needs and requests.

The bronze sculpture depicting maria callas was made by the artist albano poli exclusively for the scaligero international festival maria callas 2017 organized in verona to celebrate the great soprano after seventy years since her debut and forty years since her death occured on 16th september 1977. The festival celebrated the opera singer with several events creating a strong bond between the city and all international institutions where she was known and loved.