Green Restoration for the Evangelical Church in Gusterita

This article (Romanian language) first appeared in the Tribuna newspaper on March 31:

The Lutheran Gusterita Church is a tourist attraction and a historic monument. For the first time ever there is a green restoration to be undertaken thanks to the cooperation of three parties: the Faculty of Agriculture (Lucian Blaga University, Sibiu), the Faculty for Architecture (University for Architecture and Urban Planning Ion Mincu, Bucharest) and the Evangelical Church Sibiu.
The initiative is being coordinated by Prof. Dr. Ing. Constantin-Horia Barbu, Dean of the Sibiu Faculty for Architecture. It started last Thursday when Mr Andreas Kipar, landscaping architect from Milan, Italy held a conference in the 'Center for Scientific Excellence (Lucian Blaga University) on the topic of Integration of Historic Monuments into Present Urban Planning. Mr Kipar presented a series of innovative ideas and used the region of Karst, Croatia for an example.
Most pertinent for Sibiu, however, was the presentation of a long-term project of restoration and improvement of the Evangelical Church in Sibiu's Gusterita, involving the above-mentioned institutions.
The theories presented were then realised in the field. The students of both faculties could learn how to embed valuable architecture in urban as well as in landscaping contexts. He pointed out how a historic church may be reflected in the surrounding greeneries.

Karl Hann im Gespräch

Karl Hann, Romanian-Canadian agricultural expert, gave comprehensive and useful advice. He brings his rich experience in the field of ecological farming to this project and will be coordinating the work in the church surroundings.

Additionally, Pastor Kilian Dörr, his wife Dr. Elfriede Dörr, Associate Professor Dr. Liviu Gligor (Faculty of Architecture) were present, as well as many more faculty members and a large number of students.

Studenten machen Feuchtigkeitsproben