ABSTRACT
This chapter mainly focuses on the restoration techniques used for the wooden structural elements of the roof and floor structures of the Park Abbey library. It examines the design concepts and execution aspects of the timber structures and consolidation of wooden elements. The Park Abbey is a Premonstratensian abbey at Heverlee, just southeast of Leuven, founded in 1129. At the end of the twentieth century, the Premonstratensians, assisted by a specially erected committee of conservation, start looking for a solution for this unique abbey complex. A general masterplan of restoration was developed in which all special heritage values were recorded. Showpiece of the Park Abbey is undoubtedly the library refectory in the southern wing of the monastery. In 2003, the Premonstratensians decided to let the abbey grounds to the city of Leuven on a long lease, the Park Abbey Museum was set up and restoration works started.
