Category: General

But what burned away in Paris in April was a technical marvel, the height— literally — of 12th- and 13th-century engineering.

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-build-and-keep-building-a-cathedral-like-notre-dame/

Since last week many people have been engaging with passers-by in some of the busiest junctions in Paris to obtain signatures for a restoration that will truly respect Notre Dame.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/frenchmen-campaign-to-save-notre-dame-from-crazy-modernist-rebuild

A French high-end woodworking company, Asselin,  is in talks to help  after the Notre Dame fire last month,

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/french-company-with-atlanta-offices-in-talks-to-help-rebuild-notre-dame/945394176

Too often takes a catastrophic accident to elicit the funding to preserve artistic treasures like Notre Dame, but will it be done without falsifying history?

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/apr/28/restoring-notre-dame/

Jean-Claude Bellanger,  the head of the Compagnons du Devoir association which trains people to work in ancient crafts, alerted the French government in the wake of the fire that there was a lack of people in the building trade, which could slow down Notre-Dame’s reconstruction.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-notredame-carpenters/france-in-a-rush-to-train-skilled-workers-to-restore-notre-dame-idUSKCN1S5108

Investigators have noted that there in a lot of toxic lead in the dust from the fire.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/28/notre-dames-neighbours-warned-of-lead-contamination-risk-after-fire

Dassault Systemes, who offered their help and software with the restoration, has a long history with the cathedral. Back in 2014, the company put out Paris 3D: an interactive 3D model of Paris throughout history, which shows the building of Notre Dame amidst other attractions in the city.

https://www.engineering.com/BIM/ArticleID/19011/Inside-the-Model-That-May-Help-Restore-Notre-Dame.aspx

Dresden was reduced to ruins at the end of the second world war but has been rebuilt. Perhaps the people in Paris should consider Dresden’s Frauenkirche.

https://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-dresden-restoration-notre-dame-20190422-story.html

French police investigators are today beginning a detailed analyse of the remains of the Notre Dame fire to try to work out the cause. There have already been speculations but nothing is yet proved.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/25/notre-dame-fire-scientists-begin-hunt-for-evidence-on-cause