This year, construction is due to start on a new spire and roof for a Parisian landmark that officials want to open again in 2024
“The work is proceeding extremely well,” said Michel Picaud, president of the charity Friends of Notre Dame de Paris. “What has been decided is to restore the cathedral to the state she was in before the fire and … the schedule seems very solid.”
Already, part of the interior has been fully restored. Construction on the roof and the spire will begin this year To that end, more than a thousand oak trees were harvested from across France, each of them at least a metre in diameter and some 18 metres long. Some came from the forest of Bercé, which once belonged to the kings of France.
The building opened in 1182, but the whole structure was not completed until 1260. From the sanctuary it stretched westward, spanning out north and south in two perpendicular transepts – creating the form of a cross when seen from above. The building culminated to the west with its main façade, which once faced an intricate medieval streetscape. Twenty-eight statues, the “gallery of kings,” march across the wall above the main doors.
However, the area around the cathedral is also changing. Earlier this year, the city of Paris held an international design competition to reconsider the public spaces around Notre Dame. The winning team is led by Belgian landscape architect Bas Smets. For Mr. Smets, the importance of the project is clear. In an interview, he quoted Victor Hugo in saying that the Île de la Cité is the cradle of Paris.
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