sattler contributed in various ways to the reconstruction effort. he became a member of the city housing commission (""wohnungsausschuß""). he was a co-instigator of the provisional arts and culture commission for the city of munich" (""vorläufigen kunstausschuß der stadt münchen""). he founded the munich professional association for architects and construction engineers (""berufsverband für architekten und bauingenieure münchens""), becoming its first president. he also, in 1946, joined the christian social union in bavaria, a political party of the conservative centre which sought to recapture the catholic moral and political values of the pre-nazi period for a more assertively (non-prussian) bavarian future. sources stress, however, that he shunned the more partisan manifestations of the more high-profile csu leaders of the time. as a member of the regional party executive ("landesvorstand") between 1947 and 1951 he remained in the background.