ACTIVITY
Roberto Rodríguez González builds and restores structural elements, chiefly timber roofs, floors and ceilings, using the building techniques and systems of various periods and geographies.
Firstly he marks and cuts timber for new structures, or for heritage restoration he fills gaps with solid glued wood, using… woods technically and visually matching the existing material. This process involves the tools and machines of the carpenter’s trade as well as a plan-drawing system of his own developed in recent years.
TRAINING
He is self-taught.
TEACHING
In 1986-88 he taught workshop carpentry at the Vigo Municipal Craft and Trade School (EMAO).
In 1988-2004 he taught workshop carpentry at various trade schools run by town councils in Pontevedra province.
SELECTED WORK
Rear support structure for the altarpiece of the church of Nieves (Pontevedra province)
Restoration of parts of the Mudéjar wooden ceiling and joists in the floors of the Ducal Palace in Pastrana (Guadalajara province)
Design and reconstruction of the joints between the various roof slopes of the… Convent of Las Bernardas in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid province)
Building of a ridge-and-rafter roof for the San Pedro and San Pablo hall of residence annexed to the Rectorate of the University of Alcalá de Henares (Madrid province)
Design and building of the roof of the Chapel of Fresno del Torote (Madrid province)
Design and building of the roof of the sacristy of the church of Valdepiélagos (Madrid province)
Design and manufacture of trim for the existing roof, including the interior roof slope, of the church of Algete (Madrid province)
Restoration of the spire of the Church of San Cristóbal de la Vega (Madrid province)
Spiral staircase in the Tower of Alamín in Guadalajara
