Workcamp Parquet is taking applications for its 2025 project restoring the historic parquet wood floors of the Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt, Austria. The project will take place over a week in September.
The Workcamp Parquet project was started by wood floor master René Caran from the Czech Republic. It brings together wood flooring masters from around the world to restore historic wood floors.
Workcamp Parquet is taking applications for its 2025 project restoring the historic parquet wood floors of the Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt, Austria. The project will take place over a week in September.
The Workcamp Parquet project was started by wood floor master René Caran from the Czech Republic. It brings together wood flooring masters from around the world to restore historic wood floors.
Workcamp Parquet has restored floors in the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Belgium and Hungary.
In addition to the floor restoration, the program will host professional seminars on topics such as parquet restoration, restoration chemistry, the influence of colors on the human psyche and the history of parquet floors during the Austro-Hungarian period.
Interested participants must submit documents of education in the field or knowledge of restoration techniques and a list of references in the field of restoration. Documents can be sent to [email protected].Â
Participants will be selected by BDA Mauerbach and the Curators of Esterházy Palace in May.
Read Fino Oficio owner João Dias’ article about his experience at the 2023 Workcamp Parquet in Hungary here.