A seriously beautiful building that deserves the best restoration it can be given. We will all be gone in 100 years, but hopefully ND will still be standing in 1000 years - now is the time to prepare it . . .
If by that you mean an even higher ratio of aimless tourists to worshipers - probably.
I like the idea of steel beams. Opera Garnier is a steel frame building but you wouldn't know it to look at it. Certainly much could be done with modern materials while retaining a classic look. It would be fascinating to read what people in thought during the 19th century restorations.
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I have heard about shortage of big trees before.
In Ontario we have Algonquin Park, which used to be home to giant pine trees, so huge and strong that the British Navy harvested them for ship building, big masts from one giant tree trunk. The Park was harvested and today there are very few of those giant pine trees.
In Ontario we have Algonquin Park, which used to be home to giant pine trees, so huge and strong that the British Navy harvested them for ship building, big masts from one giant tree trunk. The Park was harvested and today there are very few of those giant pine trees.
Restoring Notre Dame, should not include steel instead of wood (or pretending to be), and no steel would not look like wood. Fusing modern architecture? Put it to a more inclusive use? Maybe a convenience store, or a starbucks, or a tim hortons! Maybe we should make the pyramids more inclusive, and what about the Western Wall or The Dome of the Rock? Ugh, I hope none of the people involved in the process think this way.
As TOS noted, the original construction techniques and materials used 850 years ago would have been SOTA.
By the way, the roof itself was lead, it was the the supporting framework of both the arched roof and spire constructed of oak that burned and collapsed.
By the way, the roof itself was lead, it was the the supporting framework of both the arched roof and spire constructed of oak that burned and collapsed.
I find your straw man argument faintly enjoyable. It is a nice sunny day here.
An understanding of craft trades and architectural practice will show that cathedral building is a veritable hodgepodge of everything but the kitchen sink - all disingenuously spliced together. Those unique wooden oak beams in what was the roof are never coming back. It would be impossible and somewhat pointless to replicate the original structure. Nothing lasts forever.
Maybe a 3D print as a 21st century rebuild is actually a good idea.
Built about 15-20 years after Notre Dame was restored. It doesn't have to look modern if you don't want it to.
I'm sure Macron is hell-bend on getting this done before the 2024 Olympics in France, hence the 5-year plan. It'll be a hell of a job.
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Jan
With the modern machinery and construction material production & shipping capacity, I don't see why not. Unless there is something about French you know about that I didn't...
As I've brought up before, when listening to radio stations in Switzerland at 2 pm, they will address the time in such way,
German speaking station: It is exactly 2 o'clock now.
French speaking station: It's maybe little before 2 or maybe little after 2.
Italian speaking station: It's around 2 o'clock.
Danby, normally a political cartoonist, did this today:
George Danby | Editorial Cartoonist - 2019 April 17
George Danby | Editorial Cartoonist - 2019 April 17
Yup, its because of where we live:
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I understand they called an international competition to design the replacement spire. I have no doubt that it will be spectacular. Like the glass pyramids at the Louvre.
Or the modern-day arch at La Defense. They have a knack of perfectly mixing the ancient and the hyper-modern.
Jan
Or the modern-day arch at La Defense. They have a knack of perfectly mixing the ancient and the hyper-modern.
Jan
"Thinking out loud, it could be a better thing to take the best of what has survived and fuse it with a state of the art modern structure as a symbol of French unity in what are unsettling times. Let's not forget that in its day, medieval cathedral construction was 'state of the art' giving birth to hybridised structures that evolved over centuries. " -tapestryofsound
I know it is a matter of taste, but this idea seems awful to me, rebuild it (hopefully), or, build something else, but not both. Most modern (at the time) architecture, seems to age poorly, some styles may become classic and be desirable long after construction, but they are few.
I know it is a matter of taste, but this idea seems awful to me, rebuild it (hopefully), or, build something else, but not both. Most modern (at the time) architecture, seems to age poorly, some styles may become classic and be desirable long after construction, but they are few.
Will be traveling to the south of France today, my wife is French, her family, Nice, Monaco, and a few other spots are on the agenda. We will be based in La Cadiere D' Azur, 40 minutes from Marseille. My father in law Andre is a handsome, charming, and very stereo typical Frenchman, looking forward to seeing him!
