Highlighting the evolution from historicist restoration to modern conservation, the text focuses on the privately funded ‘Romvándor’ program's innovative work in Hungary. The most notab-le project is the conservation of the medieval Varjaskér church ruin wall. To ensure stability against wind load, a minimalist Corten steel fra-me was inserted to provide structural support, delineate the original arched opening, and disp-lay information. Additionally, the former church's foundation walls were marked using grass-cove-red earth banks. Championing minimal, essential, and architecturally innovative intervention, akin to the Zsámbék precedent.