WORKCAMP PARQUET - RESTORER 2025, Austria
In cooperation with WORKCAMP PARQUET, the Association for the Promotion of the Protection of Architectural Monuments Mauerbach Charterhouse (BDA Austria) and the Esterházy Private Foundation, we are preparing this year's project in Austria.
Date: 25. August 2025 - 29 August 2025
Location: Carthusian Monastery Mauerbach and Esterházy Castle in Eisenstadt, Austria
Content: Professional seminars and workshops in Mauerbach. Restoration of historic parquet boards, solid parquet and veneer parquet, restoration of parquet floors in the Esterházy Palace, cleaning, strengthening and replenishment, traditional floor constructions and laying techniques, scraping, surface treatment. More detailed information in the event program.
Target group: wood and parquet restorers, carpenters - Capacity is currently full.
Three Locations – Many Goals
The Charterhouse Mauerbach, as a training and research centre, offers ideal conditions for specialist lectures and workshops on historical materials, tools, and techniques. The Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt, with its original parquet floors, serves as a practical site for restoration work. Part of the parquet restoration will already take place in July as part of the summer semester 2025 application week at Coburg University, in a workshop on traditional surface treatments and glues, organized by WORKCAMP PARQUET.
What Is the Focus This Year?
This year’s focus includes professional workshops that teach participants the principles and ethical approaches of restoration and prepare them for the restoration of historic parquet floors in Esterházy Palace; Care and Repair, Circular Heritage, ReUse of materials and tools, and the reversibility of technologies and materials used.
Diverse Program with a Practical Focus
The five-day program includes topics such as: cleaning and maintenance of historic parquet floors, removal of modern coatings, use of traditional animal glues, working with historical tools, non-invasive surface treatments, documentation, damage analysis, and ethical aspects of restoration.
WORKCAMP PARQUET RESTORER 2025 represents the preservation of cultural heritage through craftsmanship, research, and international collaboration, and inspires a new generation of responsible restorers.
