OBJECTIVES

Materials Conservation Laboratory of METU is a teaching, research and project unit for the conservation of architectural heritage focusing on the diagnosis of deterioration, definition of buildings' systems such as rainwater drainage; technological, compatibility, durability  characteristics of historic building materials;  repair materials; non-destructive techniques in diagnosis, monitoring and maintenance studies of historic structures; setting up databank on historic materials conservation.

Historic building materials; stone conservation; deterioration; diagnosis; technological characteristics; mortar; mudbrick; brick; plaster, tile; compatibility; durability; non-destructive testing; consolidation.