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Laslea Masonry Course Transylvania, Romania August 2007 Summer School in Romania Image by Aura Woodward

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INTBAU Romania is pleased to announce a one week intensive Traditional Masonry Course at the beginning of August 2007.   The event will take place in the Saxon area of Transylvania, settled in medieval times.   The site chosen is a live project, the house number 344 in the Saxon village of Laslea.   This is one of the biggest houses of the village, which was about to be demolished three years ago due to its structural problems.

Over the last few years the house has been restored by local craftsmen with the help of The Mihai Eminescu Trust.   The work has been planned and supervised at different stages by the British Master craftsman, Henry Rumbold.   The exterior of the 344 house of Laslea is completed restored now but more work remains to be done to complete the interior restoration.

The intensive Traditional Masonry Course has a practical hands-on approach and aims to provide training to local people and architecture students interested in traditional methods of restoration.   The course will also include lectures, drawing and building exercises and field trips. All participants will work under the guidance and supervision of the British Master craftsman, Henry Rumbold.

Programme

    Day 1 - MONDAY 13th August
  • Introduction to INTBAU international and INTBAU Romania
  • Presentation of health and safety rules
  • Lecture: Conservation & Restoration (including flora & fauna)
  • Short history of the Saxon settlements. Faults & repairs with traditional materials
  • Presentation of the 344 house (the site work) and the restoration techniques

    Day 2 - TUESDAY 14th August

  • Lecture: Lime and mortars; bricks & plaster
  • Work on site: preparation of lime mortar, start of rendering of interior walls
  • Setting old buildings
  • Foundation & repair
  • Dinner

    Day 3 - WEDNESDAY 15th August

  • Lecture: Rebuilding: stone, brick & lime plaster
  • Practical work: rendering of interior walls under guidance
  • Excursion to Viscri village to see how lime is prepared
  • Social event: Barbeque in the evening

    Day 4 - THURSDAY 16th August

  • Lecture: Bricks. Different techniques and styles of laying bricks
  • Traditional repair of Saxon houses. Underpinning fractures
  • Practical work: rendering of interior
  • Parts of the group will try building in bricks if materials available
  • Dinner

    Day 5 - FRIDAY 17th August

  • Practical work: rendering of walls & brick laying
  • Conclusion of the workshop: results, feedback
  • Dinner

    Day 6 - SATURDAY 18th August

  • Drawing trip in the Saxon villages
  • Picnic in the surrounding nature
  • Final dinner

    Day 7 - SUNDAY 19th August

  • Participants leave

Fees & Registration

  • €190 for Central and East European citizen participant
  • €250 Standard registration fee

    The attendance fee includes accommodation with local people, breakfast, lunch and dinner on the teaching days, tuition and materials.   Also, the fee will cover the cost for the field trips which will be organised during the course.

    Please note that travel to and from Laslea is not included in the participation fee.

    The places are allocated on a first come first served basis.   You can register online by paying the attendance fee here.

    How to get there

    Laslea is situated close to Sighisoara, which is linked by train to Bucharest (capital of Romania) and Budapest (capital of Hungary).   Most European airlines have both Bucharest and Budapest among their destinations, and prices vary.

    From Bucharest one can take the daytime train, it is about 4 - 5 hours.   From Budapest one can take the night train, which leaves Budapest about 10 in the evening and arrives in Sighisoara the next morning.   To get from Sighisoara to a Laslea is best accomplished with a relatively inexpensive local taxi.

    Please note that INTBAU cannot provide supporting documents for visa applications.  For further details on Romanian visas please visit the website of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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