You might visit the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics (Bauphysik)
in Holzkirchen, just a little south of Munich. They've done good work on
water transport in masonry and concrete materials (capillary, rain-wetting
and drying, effects of surface treatments, etc.) They have a regular
petting zoo of masonry field studies at the site. Contact Dr. Hartwig
Kunzel 80 24/643-45. They take some pride in the application of their
studies to existing buildings. The site is next door to the Voice of
America site, which gave RF interference to their sensors till the wall
came down.

At 01:28 PM 10/4/2000 EDT, you wrote:
>Hey folks,
>
>I am going to Munich for the first time soon and would be interested in
>learning about what's happening in preservation/restoration over there. Does
>anyone know of any projects -- recently completed or in the works -- that
>might be interesting to take a look at? People I might be interested in
>talking with?
>
>In the spirit of PINheadism, I thought I would try to get a sense of what
>issues or new techniques are percolating over there, if possible. Ken, Vitek,
>and some other PIN members have developed some very interesting contacts with
>the Polish preservation community and I have been working on some Irish
>contacts lately. Maybe we can work up some cross pollination with the
>Germans, too -- even though I can't speak the language (except for stuff like
>"bitte" and "ya" and "weinerschnitzel").
>
>So... if you folks have any suggestions, I would love to hear about them.
>
>Mary
>
>