Bmstr. Ing. Martin Hartl
Mauerbach Charterhouse - 10 Years of Renovation Works for the Historical Monuments Department
The charterhouse was founded in 1313 by Frederick the Handsome as a foundation and today counts as one of the most important heritage preservation sites, not only in Austria but also intemationally. The key factors for this are the situation of the restoration workshops of the Austrian Historical Monuments Oepartment, and the numerous corresponding specialist events and exhibitions held at the site, as weil as the painstaking renovation and refurbishment of the his torical building which has been ongoing since 1983, with PORR AG -Revitalisierung involved in the realisation of this project for over ten years. International interest and the accompanying heightened sensitivity of the Austrian Historical Monuments Oepartment have meant that several construction tasks can not be carried out with common modern technology because of considerations related to historical preservation regulations. Finding a compromise between conforming to these conditions and achieving a sustainable execution that promises both quality and a long life therefore constantly requires new technical applications be used. The experience of the last decade has shown us that not all cutting-edge materials and construction technologies are equally good, neither are all "outdated" systems necessarily bad. In order to combine profitability, sustainability and aesthetics, we had to utilise the full potential of the technical options from both worlds. Without reinventing the wheel, the synergy between old and new yielded a vast pool of specific solutions.
Die 1313 erstmals als Stiftung Friedrichs des Schönen erwähnte Kartause gilt heute als eines der wichtigsten Referenzobjekte sowohl für die österreichische, als auch für die internationale Denkmalpflege. Ausschlaggebend dafür ist einerseits, dass sich hier Restaurierwerkstätten des Bundesdenkmalamtes befinden und zahlreiche einschlägige Fachveranstaltungen und Ausstellungen abgehalten werden, andererseits die seit 1983 andauernde behutsame Instandsetzung und Revitalisierung der historischen Bausubstanz, an der die PORR AG, Bereich Revitalisierung, seit nunmehr über zehn Jahren beteiligt ist.