Practices
ACS has been working in surveys, inventories, investigation and practical monument and object preservation for more than 10 years with a team of ambitious conservators, archaeologists, art historians, geologists and engineers.
ACS has its own laboratory for rock engineering and historical material investigations and offices in Göttingen and Berlin/Germany.
ACS works worldwide and has conducted surveys and studies and educational campaigns, trainings and workshops in applied conservation in different countries.
In the following projects you will find examples of our work:
Projects
PETRA
2009 - 2020
Evaluation of desalination and restoration methods and materials applied at the rock cut facades in the UNESCO World Heritage Site Petra in Jordan.
WILHELMSHÖHE
2020
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
BEIRUT
2019
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.
AMMAN
2019
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.
LYCIA
2015 - 2017
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.
SAN LUIS POTOSI
2015
Geological studies on volcanic tuffs used as natural building stones in the historical center (UNESCO-World Heritage Site) of San Luis Potosi / Mexico.
MEXICO CITY
2014
Survey, investigation and damage mapping at the aztec UNESCO World Heritage Site Templo Mayor, Mexico City / Mexico.
GUADALAJARA
2009
Survey, investigation, desalination and restoration planning of the Santa Monica Church facade in Guadalajara / Mexico.
SILK ROAD
2019 - 2020
Ultrasonic survey and investigation of the early Buddhist sculptures from the collection of the Museum of Asian Art in Berlin.
WILHELMSTHAL
2019 - 2020
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.
NAQSCH-E ROSTAM
2019
Comparative studies of the rock architecture of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Nasch-e Rostam in Iran.
ARMENIA
2018
Survey, investigation and petro-pysical measurements of the main building stones in Armenian heritage in coorperation with the Georg-August-University Göttingen.
ANGKOR
2009 - 2016
Survey, investigation and experimental conservation of contour scaling weathering, identified by UNESCO as the main deterioration form at the Angkor temples in Cambodia.
MYRA
2015
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.
WEST BENGAL
2012
Research focusing on wall paintings from the Aurel Stein Collection at the National Museum New Delhi / India.
WEST BENGAL
2009
Survey, investigation and restoration of Hindu historical sites in West Bengal.
ALEPPO
2018 - 2020
Integrated building documentation and damage assessment regarding war damaged buildings in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the old town of Aleppo in Syria.
CENTRAL ASIAN
COLLECTION
2017 - 2020
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
ARMENIA
2019
Summer School on „Stones in Armenian Architecture“ for Georg-August-University Göttingen in cooperation with NUACA Yerevan, in Yerevan, Zvartnotz and Geghard / Armenia
VILLA REAL
2017
Survey and investigations on granite weathering and damage mapping and object diagnostic measurements at the medieval Torre de Quintela (Villa Real) in Portugal.
SIMSIM
2015
Survey and investigation of wallpaintings in the cave monasteries at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kucha in China.
PLAZUELAS
2014
Survey, investigation, damage mapping and petro-physical studies of the aztec pyramids and its building stones in Plazuelas / Mexico.
BERLIN
2012
Development and administrative application of a monitoring and preservation program for the historical sculptures in the historical center of Berlin, Germany.
LADAKH
2008
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).