Medieval Church Ruins Restorations Along the ROM Wanderer Programme

Architects: Tamás Mezős, Bálint Kelemen
Text: Miklós Okrutay
Photos: Miklós Okrutay, ROM Wanderer Project

Market Építő Ltd, one of Hungary’s leading construction companies, found this theme with a good sense of social engagement. It offered its own management and contractor skills to renovate one or two sites a year, selecting medieval village church ruins from every part of the country. The work carried out so far as part of the ROM Wanderer programme is a very promising demonstration of the value of this ambition, but also an important learning experience. The announcement of the ROM Wanderer programme, which was awarded this year by the Hungarian National Committee of ICOMOS, reveals that around 100 sites have been studied in advance by the programme’s organisers. Just as the walls of a medieval church are buildings, stone on stone, so the renewed sites line up in a neat row, all encouraging us to visit them one by one as travellers.

Main contractor: Market Ltd.
Program director: Péter Belecz
Project manager: Tamás Krenn
Site manager: Tamás Szabadosi, János Dubecz

Tök
Architect: Tamás Mezős Dr (M&M Architektész)
Landscape, environment: Kinga Szilágyi Dr, Mária Windisch Dr
Stone and mortar survey, wall diagnostics: dr. Török Ákos – BME
Professional expert: Ádám Arnóth
Archaeology: Salisbury Archaeology
Contractors: Market Ltd., Market Building Service, OKM, Stylos, Harappa, Ornamentika, T-Brass

Aszófő
Architect: Bálint Kelemen – KÖZTI
Landscape, environment: Gabriella Havassy – KÖZTI
Structure: Péter Váczi – KÖZTI
Scientific documentation: Miklós Rácz
Stone and mortar survey, wall diagnostics: Ákos Török Dr – BME
Restoration: Zsófia Szabó, Gábor Bánfi
Expert of stone restoration: Vilmos Osgyányi
Professional expert: Ádám Arnóth
Archaeology: Salisbury Archaeology
Contractors: Market Ltd., Market Building Service, OKM, Gábor Bánfi restorator, Edvárd Takács landscape architect, Harappa, T-Brass, Ornamentika

Csákányospuszta
Architect: Bálint Kelemen – KÖZTI
Scientific documentation: Ádám Arnóth, Gergely Patak
Archaeology: János László, Museum of Tatabánya
Historical mortar: MAPEI (Antique Allettamento)
Contractors: Market Building Service, OKM, T-Brass

Varjaskér
Landscape, environment: Mária Windisch
Architect: Bálint Kelemen – KÖZTI
Structure: Péter Váczi – KÖZTI
Scientific documentation: Gergely Patak – KÖZTI
Restoration: Gábor Bánfi
Professional expert: Ádám Arnóth
Archaeology: István Molnár – Rippl-Rónai Museum, Kaposvár
Geophysical survey: Máté Stibrányi