Műemlék-helyreállítások tegnap, ma, holnap (A 27. Egri Nyári Egyetem előadásai 1997 Eger, 1997)

Előadások - NÁNDORI Klára: Restoration of the pravostal ruins at Dömös

one stage, it also occurred to the then leadership of the Office that the ruins should be covered with a protective roof, regardless of their layout. - In the 2nd half of 1986, execution started after the plan had undergone a slightly simplifying modification in the course of 1985 and 1986. -The restoration of the crypt (i. e. the first stage of the works) was finally completed in August 1989, after several compromises had been made, which were not justifiable with „urgency". One example of these is the collection, aimed at reinstalment, of pieces of stone masonry found during excavation work and stored in museums ever since. (It is to be noted that their collection is still not over. ) When restoring the crypt, we were lacking in appropriate solid bricks, the standard and the size of which would have allowed them to be carved. There was no chance to have the glass parts of the planned floor coloured in the glass, or to ensure the adequacy of the special grit of glass concrete, requiring careful execution. However, the Office made it clear in a statement that no planning or architectural intervention should precede the completion of scentific research, and fixed a deadline for execution of the plans by the planner. Being a planning architect, I work on the borderline between theory and practice, my view about authenticity has been, therefore, shaped by all the above described pehnomena. The increase in the number of our threatened and decaying relics pushes us to the front lines, where we can afford no careless etymologizing, since we are accountable for a disproportionately high share of all the burden and responsibility associated with the inevitable and actual interventions into the life of historic monuments. We first examine the status of the monument to be restored, assess its technical condition and register these data; then we proceed to drawing up a theoretical option for reconstruction, i. e. restoration plans, theoretically based on the results of scientific, archaeological and wall research; then we supervise the execution works as planners, and finally document the accomplished project; theoretically in permanent cooperation with the specialized planners, the mechanical, structural and electrical engineers, as well as the stone, wood, wall-painting and glass restorers. Theoretically again, the Office is providing the necessary working conditions. The practice of restoration, however, äffers a lot from, and seems to have less in common, with theory; especially since the execution staff trained for and accustomed to vocational restoring work have left our organization. I have been working in my profession for 30 years, on the borderline between theory and practice, as planning architect and civil servant, I believe my theoretical competence is satisfactory, and I assume full professional responsibility, and yet,I practically lack the most basic conditions of taking measures and carrying out my work. I started my career in monument preservation as a planning architect at the time when the Venice Charter was signed. I still pay high respect to the Venice Charter, a record of the universal principles aimed at the preservation of the authentic quality of the cultural and artistic heritage, i. e. the evidence of the history of human society. As I have no right nor any intention to shape the world according to my own ideas,the Charter has never ever hindered my work in any means, and, may I say so, I have never abused the provisions of the Charter, either. We identified with the aims of preservation as put into words by the head of our department, Miklós Horler

4 in the spirit of the Venice Charter but with reference to our practical experience. We noted that the techniques of restoration were based upon the close interdependence and cooperation of specialists engaged in the various fields of science, art and technology.

5 The compilation and publication of the theory of monument preservation, i. e. of the right principles and methods is of doubtless necessity, as they are not only a means of taking a professional stand, but also serve