After years of neglect many roofs and portions of buildings had collapsed, water infiltrations damaged the walls, tons of waste material were stacked and rotted inside and outside the buildings creating disruptions, the vegetation had invaded large portions of the plant, entering the interior and also destroying the finishes.
Despite this, in 2007 the buildings were placed under the direct protection of the Superintendence for Environmental and Architectural Heritage of the Province of Arezzo. The main buildings have a perimeter structure in masonry of stones, decorated with exposed brick arches; inside, to have the maximum usability of the spaces, the structure is made of cast iron pillars, iron beams and brick vaults. The aim of the architectural intervention was to recover the main buildings, preserving the reality of disused industrial buildings.
As far as possible, the masonry structures and finishes have been preserved as they have been received; a cleaning and maintenance work was carried out, even if the collapsed roofs were redone and new systems and services were built. The original plasters have been preserved and the gaps of the external ones, decorated with fake rustication, have been taken with rough plaster. Even the original cement floors have been cleaned and stored as the "holes" that were made for the maintenance of carding assortments. The restoration work began in 2007 and ended in 2010 with the inauguration of the Museum. The project and the direction of the works were taken care of by the architecture and engineering firm Comes of Sesto Fiorentino with the aim of recovering the main buildings, preserving the reality of disused industrial buildings.
