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Fungus infestation on Roman architecture

Fungus in­fest­a­tion on Ro­man ar­chi­tec­ture

The Fon­tain House is a Ro­man un­der­ground struc­ture in Aug­st, Switzer­land. A hu­mid tem­per­ate cli­mate had per­sisted with­in the in­teri­or. After a num­ber of years a fungus in­fest­a­tion …

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ar­chae­olo­gic­al sites, plan­ning & ex­ecut­ing in­ter­ven­tions, en­vir­on­ment­al mon­it­or­ing
Frost-resistant restoration mortar

Frost-res­ist­ant res­tor­a­tion mor­tar

Frost is a lead­ing cause of de­teri­or­a­tion at the ar­chae­olo­gic­al site in Avenches, Switzer­land. This is es­pe­cially true for ar­chi­tec­tur­al blocs made of grès coquil­li­er­, a sand­sto…

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ar­chae­olo­gic­al sites, plan­ning & ex­ecut­ing in­ter­ven­tions, de­term­in­a­tion of ma­ter­i­al prop­er­ties
Thracian Tombs Database

Thra­cian Tombs Data­base

This pro­ject, led by the Balkan Her­it­age Found­a­tion and the Na­tion­al Ar­chae­olo­gic­al In­sti­tute at the Bul­gari­an Academy of Sci­ences, tackles the dif­fi­culty of ac­cess­ing in­form­a­t…

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ar­chae­olo­gic­al sites, sur­vey & doc­u­ment­a­tion
Structural grouting of Roman masonry

Struc­tur­al grout­ing of Ro­man ma­sonry

An im­port­ant share of Ro­man walls are built in the tech­nique of ver­tic­ally-layered ma­sonry. The out­side wall ele­ments are made of tailored stone work and the in­side is filled with rubble an…

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ar­chae­olo­gic­al sites, plan­ning & ex­ecut­ing in­ter­ven­tions
Visual documentation of Roman mosaics

Visu­al doc­u­ment­a­tion of Ro­man mo­sa­ics

Bulla Re­gia is a Ro­man ar­chae­olo­gic­al site in mod­ern-day Tunisi­a. It is known for its myri­ad of mag­ni­fi­cent mo­sa­ic­s. Many of them have suffered ex­tens­ively through neg­lect and the t…

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mo­sa­ics, ar­chae­olo­gic­al sites, sur­vey & doc­u­ment­a­tion
Monitoring and maintenance of the romanesque painted wooden ceiling

Mon­it­or­ing and main­ten­ance of the romanesque painted wooden ceil­ing

Un­der the lead­er­ship of ARGE Franz & Ram­pa, and in col­lab­or­a­tion with oth­er con­ser­vat­or­s, the Romanesque painted wooden ceil­ing of the Church of Saint Mar­tin in Zil­lis is as­sessed ev…

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wooden ceil­ing, sac­ral build­ings, mon­it­or­ing & main­ten­ance, sur­vey & doc­u­ment­a­tion