PROJEKTOWANIE KONSERWATORSKIE

With a definition of the titular concept as its point of departure, the article discusses the history and praxis of conservation designing in relation to movable monuments and monuments of architecture. A recollection of the development of training conservators-restorers in Poland made it possible to analyse the present-day situation in which the architectural project is, at times, identified with its conservation counterpart. In practice, this misunderstanding becomes the reason for mistaken realisations that violate the fundamental principles of protection and often outright damage monuments. Responsibility for cultural heritage imposes the quickest possible change of this state of things, which would involve setting right the prevailing legal regulations and introducing a demand for a complex execution of interdisciplinary conservation projects. The indispensable components of conservation and a model of its implementation are presented in two tables closing the article.