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Zentrale Restaurierungswerkstatt Berlin
vor einem Monat
Ich habe die etwas in die Jahre gekommene alte Kommode von meiner Oma restaurieren lassen. Jetzt erleuchtet sie wieder im neuen Glanz. Super Ergebnis. Sehr professionelle und freundliche Beratung. Gutes Preis-Leistungsverhältnis. Den Restaurator kann ich nur weiterempfehlen.
vor 3 Wochen
Mein alter Jugendstil Schreibtisch ist leider kaputt gegangen und musste repariert werden. In dem Zusammenhang wurden gleich noch ein paar Macken wieder ausgebessert. Ich bin super zufrieden mit ZRW Berlin. Die Kommunikation verlief einwandfrei und ohne langes Warten, das Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis stimmt. Sehr freundlicher Umgang und äußerst kompetente Arbeiten. Ich kann die Firma guten Gewissens empfehlen!
vor einem Monat
Our graduate restorer (Univ.) & carpenter Philipp Westebbe is a member of the Association of Restorers (VDR). He and the entire team of the Central Conservation Studios Berlin are committed to the highest scientific and ethical standards of the restoration profession. As wood and furniture restorers, however, we are personally committed first and foremost to the preservation of historical cultural assets. Whether it is a medieval wooden altar or a rustic milking stool - at ZRW Berlin we conscientiously follow the standards for our work. Basic restoration texts define these guidelines, which are binding for us.
Basic texts
Committed to cultural heritage
Basic texts on conservation
Binding ethical maxims for the handling of our cultural property form the basis for any restorative action and any professional restoration according to scientific standards. These maxims are laid down in policy papers, charters, guidelines and various agreements at national and international level. These policy documents and basic texts on restoration set out the fundamental ethical
- ethical guidelines for professional conduct,
- restorative procedures and
- professional responsibilities
- responsibilities of a conservator.
Philipp Westebbe, graduate restorer (Univ.) and owner of our Central Conservation Studios Berlin, is committed to these ethical principles as a member of the Association of Restorers (VDR). Therefore, the entire conservation and restoration work of the ZRW Berlin is also fully oriented towards these principles, first and foremost the code of honour of all restoration disciplines at international level, the Venice Charter.
Basic texts
You determine our principles of conservation
It is therefore not only the instructions for action in the form of laws enacted at federal or even European level, but above all the guidelines adopted by international consensus that represent a cross-national normative authority and are of significance for action in conservation, restoration and monument preservation. Thus, they are of course also highly binding for our wood and furniture restorers at ZRW Berlin.
THE basic text: The Venice Charter
The Venice Charter dates from 1964 and is regarded as a central, internationally recognised guideline in the field of monument conservation. Representatives from 17 countries adopted the Charter as a result of the "II International Congress of Architects and Technicians for the Conservation of Monuments". The preservation of the original substance of a cultural asset is defined here as the most important task of monument conservation. Furthermore, the Venice Charter defines the central procedures and values to be applied in conservation and restoration.
Definition of the profession of conservator: The Conservator-Restorerer
In the document "ICOM-CC Definition of profession" from 1984, the basic principles of the profession of a conservator were defined for the first time. It is the result of the collaboration of a team of the International Council of Museums (ICOM-CC).
Conserving archaeological heritage: The Lausanne Charter
In 1990, the "Charter for the Protection and Care of the Archaeological Heritage" was published, adopted by the "International Council on monuments and sites". It defines principles for dealing with the archaeological heritage. It also contains maxims for the conservation and preservation of archaeological cultural assets.
Authentic Restoration: The Nara Document
Based on the Venice Charter, the "Nara Document on Authenticity" was published after an expert conference in 1994. As the title suggests, it deals with the concept of authenticity in the context of restoration.
Preventive Conservation: The Vantaa Document
"Proposals for a European Strategy on Preventive Conservation" presents the Vantaa document from 2000. The idea of sustainable preventive conservation recorded there has enormous influence on our practice today.
Professional Guidelines for Conservators: E.C.C.O. Professional Guidelines
The European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers' Organizations (E.C.C.O.) defined professional guidelines for the conservator profession, requirements for conservator training and ethical principles in the Code of Ethics in 2002 and 2003. In 2013, a comprehensive brochure was published in German. It lists the competences required to take up the profession of conservator-restorer. The profession must serve the well-being of present and future generations by assuming public responsibility for the preservation of cultural property and disseminating the associated knowledge.
E.C.C.O. Professional Guidelines
International Principles and Guidelines of Monument Conservation: Monumenta I
In 2012, the German-speaking National Committees of ICMOS published this anthology in which 22 international principles and guidelines on heritage conservation that had been published to date were translated into German. In this way, they were made accessible to the German, Swiss, Luxembourgish and Austrian professional community. This compendium of basic restoration texts provides an ideal overview and introduction for those interested.
Verband der Restauratoren e.V. issues professional code of conduct
In 2017, the VDR issued a code of professional conduct. These replaced the Code of Honour of 1986, which until then had been used as the standard for assessing the restorative performance of a VDR member. Among other things, it defines precisely who may use the professional title "restorer".
Professional code of conducter
European definitions of conservation-restoration and preventive conservation
In 2018, as part of its "European Heritage Strategy for the 21st Century", the Council of Europe published two factsheets that provide Europe-wide definitions of the terms "conservation-restoration" and "preventive conservation".
Council of Europe factsheets Conservation and Preventive Conservation
Professionally fit for the 21st century: Conservation Ethics Today
Published in 2019 by the International Scientific Committee for Theory and Philosophy of Conservation and Restoration ICOMOS, this comprehensive volume with numerous contributions critically examines past practices and ethical issues in conservation and restoration.
European standards
There is a whole list of European standards and leaflets that regulate the practice in museums, in monument conservation and in conservation and restoration in a binding way. Here is a short selection of standards relevant to wood and furniture restoration:
- DIN EN 15757 Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes – Festlegungen für Temperatur und relative Luftfeuchte zur Begrenzung klimabedingter mechanischer Beschädigungen an organischen hygroskopischen Materialien
- DIN EN 15758 Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes – Verfahren und Geräte zur Messung der Temperatur der Luft und der Oberflächen von Objekten
- DIN EN 15759-1 Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes – Raumklima – Teil 1: Leitfäden für die Beheizung von Andachtsstätten
- DIN EN 15759-2 Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes – Raumklima – Teil 2: Lüftung für den Schutz von Gebäuden und Sammlungen des kulturellen Erbes
- DIN EN 15886 Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes – Prüfmethoden – Farbmessung von matten Oberflächen
- DIN EN 15898 Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes – Allgemeine Begriffe
- DIN EN 15946 Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes – Verpackungsverfahren für den Transport
- DIN EN 16085 Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes – Verfahren der Probenahme an Materialien des kulturellen Erbes – Allgemeine Regeln
- DIN EN 16095 Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes – Zustandsaufnahme an beweglichem Kulturerbe
- DIN EN 16096 Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes – Zustandserhebung und Bericht für das gebaute Kulturerbe
- DIN EN 16648 Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes – Transportmethoden
- DIN EN 16682 Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes – Verfahren zur Bestimmung des Feuchte- bzw. Wassergehalts in Materialien des unbeweglichen kulturellen Erbes
- DIN EN 16790 Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes – Integrierte Schädlingsbekämpfung (IPM) zum Schutz des kulturellen Erbes
- DIN EN 16853 Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes – Erhaltungsprozess – Entscheidungsprozesse, Planung und Umsetzung
- DIN EN 17429 – Entwurf, Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes – Beschaffung von Konservierungsarbeiten
- DIN EN 17488 Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes – Methodologie für die Bewertung von Reinigungsmethoden – Verfahren für die analytische Prüfung der Objekte des kulturellen Erbes
- VdS 2171 – Brandschutz in historischen Gebäuden, Empfehlungen zur Schadenverhütung.
- Merkblatt 1-1 Heißluftverfahren zur Bekämpfung tierischer Holzzerstörer in Bauwerken
- Merkblatt 1-6 Probenahme am Holz – Untersuchungen hinsichtlich Pilze, Insekten, Holzschutzmittel, Holzalter und Holzarten
- Merkblatt 1-7 Holzergänzungen
- Merkblatt 1-8 Dekontamination von Holzschutzmittel belastetem Holz – Teil 1: Ermittlung und Gefährdungsbeurteilung
- Merkblatt 1-9 Dekontamination von Holzschutzmittel belastetem Holz – Teil 2: Reduktion der Kontaminierung
- Merkblatt E-1-10 Sonderverfahren zum Holzschutz, Teil 1: Bekämpfungsmaßnahmen
- Merkblatt 6-12 Klima und Klimastabilität in historischen Bauwerken I: Einführung
