OBELISCO DE BUENOS AIRES

PROJECT CONTEXT

The Obelisk of Buenos Aires is one of Argentina’s most recognizable national monuments, located at the intersection of the city’s main civic avenues.

Exposed to pollution, vandalism, and continuous public activity, the monument required documentation of its surface conditions and the development of a coordinated restoration and maintenance intervention.

TECHNICAL CONDITIONS

• Monument exposed to pollution and environmental deposits
• Continuous pedestrian circulation around the site
• High-altitude access required for inspection and intervention
• Absence of a defined color reference for the monument’s coating system
• Limited visual access for architectural supervision

TECHNOLOGIES USED

• Rope-access façade intervention
• Drone-based surface inspection and documentation
• POV camera systems for high-altitude work
• Monument coating color-standard definition

TECHNICAL ROLE

The work focused on coordination, surface documentation, and inspection systems allowing architectural teams to review areas inaccessible from ground level.

Key contributions included rope-access coordination, drone documentation, and the development of a standardized color reference for the monument.

PROJECT OUTCOME

The intervention restored the monument’s exterior surfaces through cleaning, repainting, and high-altitude rope-access work.

Drone inspection and technical documentation also established a color reference for future maintenance interventions.