@misc{RoepkeBethgeHuthetal.2022, author = {Roepke, Magdalena and Bethge, Sebastian and Huth, Olaf and Gresik, Gerhard and Tellmann, Daniel and Belt, Sebastian and Craciun, Stefania-Emanuela and Christ, Eliane and Gingirof, Marina and Gomley, Sarah and Kr{\"u}ck, Sebastian and Meier, Daniel and Mihir, Matej and Micsa, Andreea and M{\"u}hlmeister, Melanie and N{\"o}hmer, Gerritt and Olosz, Petra and Radulescu, Miruna and Rotar, Brigitte-Beatrice and Seeber, Stefan and Schmidt, Nikolas and Kiss, Lorand and Lemnitz, Henriette and Zalewski, Paul}, title = {Apold Heritage Lab - Summer School for Monument Conservation in Transylvania/Romania}, editor = {Roepke, Magdalena and Bethge, Sebastian}, doi = {10.11584/opus4-1288}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:521-opus4-12887}, pages = {1 -- 96}, year = {2022}, abstract = {From 18 to 25 July 2022, a summer school was held in the Romanian village of Trappold with students of heritage conservation and architecture from Germany and Romania. The summer school was a study project by Sebastian Bethge and Magdalena Roepke as part of their Master's programme "Strategies For European Cultural Heritage" at the European University Viadrina. The project was funded by the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the CasApold Association and the Fortified Churches Foundation. The summer school was dedicated to the fortified church in Trappold, which is part of the impressive cultural heritage of the Transylvanian Saxons. Under the guidance of lecturers Olaf Huth and Gerhard Gresik from Coburg University of Applied Sciences, the students were able to digitally measure and draw the fortified church. Daniel Tellmann (Faculty of Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Timisoara) worked with the students on various possibilities for using the fortified church in a meaningful way in the future. Furthermore, there was the opportunity to take part in two practical workshops in the areas of stone restoration and restoration of historical plaster and wall paintings. Bringing together young academics from different fields to encourage an interdisciplinary exchange was particularly important to us, along with the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge. The students were also able to intensively explore the cultural heritage of the Transylvanian Saxons for a period of two weeks, which was reinforced by a specialised symposium and a field trip. This publication presents a summary of the results of the summer school and can serve as an example of how important practical experience and interdisciplinary exchange are for sustainable heritage conservation.}, language = {en} } @misc{Roepke2024, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {Roepke, Magdalena}, title = {Alternative Nutzungskonzepte Siebenb{\"u}rgischer Scheunen}, publisher = {Europa-Universit{\"a}t Viadrina}, address = {Frankfurt (Oder)}, doi = {10.11584/opus4-1435}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:521-opus4-14353}, school = {Europa-Universit{\"a}t Viadrina Frankfurt}, pages = {94 Seiten}, year = {2024}, abstract = {The traditional barns in Transylvania are part of the medieval cultural landscape the area is known for and have a strong influence on the village appearance as visible landmarks. The barns are a valuable testimony to medieval methods of construction, but are often not recognised as a cultural heritage worth preserving. In addition, the barns are losing their purpose due to vanishing small-scale farming and are falling into decay. The conversion of barns is an opportunity to give them a new purpose. This can help to increase the general recognition of the barns and preserve the built heritage along with the related intangible cultural heritage. The objective of this master's thesis was first to find out which types of conversion are practised in order to then analyse which of these conversion concepts are particularly sustainable and compatible with the principles of heritage conservation. This involved also considering ecological, economic, social and cultural aspects. In order to answer the research questions, a field study was conducted in a designated area, which included interviews with barn owners, a questionnaire and on-site research. The data collected in this way was summarised, visualised and analysed. It was discovered that the barns had largely been converted in a way that was appropriate for historical monuments and that the concepts cover many aspects of the overall notion of sustainability. What was surprising, however, was that fewer concepts than expected include regular use by or involvement of the local population. Plus, most of the converted barns are run by people who are not originally from the area. In order to strengthen the local population's identification with the barn and to enhance the valuation of the barn as cultural heritage, the local population should play a central role in the use or reuse of the barns, as they are the heirs and owners of this cultural heritage.}, language = {de} }