Applied Conservation Science

Evaluation of desalination and restoration methods and materials applied at the rock cut facades in the UNESCO World Heritage Site Petra in Jordan.

Consulting for UNESCO (Amman)

Survey, investigation, ultrasonic velocity measurements, damage mapping, and preventive conservation planning of the `Grotto of Pluto´of the UNESCO-World Heritage Site Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel /Germany

Training course on „Post-Conflict Recovery of Cultural Heritage“ for TU-Berlin in cooperation with GJU Amman, Lebanese University Beirut and Archaeological Heritage Network in Beirut, Byblos and Baalbek / Lebanon.

Training course on „Post-Conflict Recovery of Cultural Heritage“ for TU-Berlin in cooperation with GJU Amman, Lebanese University Beirut and Archaeological Heritage Network in Amman / Jordan.

Research campaign and comparative study on the limestone weathering of the rock cut monuments of the Lycian sites of Myra, Xanthus, Tlos and Fethiye in Turkey.  

Geological studies on volcanic tuffs used as natural building stones in the historical center (UNESCO-World Heritage Site) of San Luis Potosi / Mexico.

Survey, investigation and damage mapping at the aztec UNESCO World Heritage Site Templo Mayor, Mexico City / Mexico.

Survey, investigation, desalination and restoration planning of the Santa Monica Church facade in Guadalajara / Mexico.

Ultrasonic survey and investigation of the early Buddhist sculptures from the collection of the Museum of Asian Art in Berlin.

Survey, investigation, damage mapping, 3D-modeling and restoration planning of the `Small Cascade´of the UNESCO site Wilhelmsthal in Calden /Germany. We will present our work at the conference attached.

Comparative studies of the rock architecture of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Nasch-e Rostam in Iran.

Survey, investigation and petro-pysical measurements of the main building stones in Armenian heritage in coorperation with the Georg-August-University Göttingen.

Survey, investigation and experimental conservation of contour scaling weathering, identified by UNESCO as the main deterioration form at the Angkor temples in Cambodia.

Survey, investigation and damage mapping of the rock cut facades of the sea necropolis and the river necropolis at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Myra in Lycia / Turkey.

Research focusing on wall paintings from the Aurel Stein Collection at the National Museum New Delhi / India.

Survey, investigation and restoration of Hindu historical sites in West Bengal.

Integrated building documentation and damage assessment regarding war damaged buildings in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the old town of Aleppo in Syria.

Performing monitoring of environ-mental agents and preventative measures. Examination, inventory condition reporting and treatment of objects for their future exhibition at Humboldt Forum Berlin / Germany

Summer School on „Stones in Armenian Architecture“ for Georg-August-University Göttingen in cooperation with NUACA Yerevan, in Yerevan, Zvartnotz and Geghard / Armenia

Survey and investigations on granite weathering and damage mapping and object diagnostic measurements at the medieval Torre de Quintela (Villa Real) in Portugal.

Survey and investigation of wallpaintings in the cave monasteries at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kucha in China.

Survey, investigation, damage mapping and petro-physical studies of the aztec pyramids and its building stones in Plazuelas / Mexico.

Realisation of a comprehensive care and maintenance programme for the sustainable preservation of the outstanding marble sculptures of the 19th.century in the historic centre of Berlin, Germany.

Investigations, conservation and restoration on Buddhist wall paintings in the Tsatsapuri temple complex in Alchi (Ladakh/ India). Carried out under the direction of the Tibet Heritage Fund (THF).