



Some 1,200 trees have been felled for the work. Unlike in medieval times, it will be trucked into Paris and lifted by mechanical crane into position. The next time it is put together will be atop the cathedral. The dry run assured architects that the frame is fit for purpose. The roof reconstruction hit an important milestone in May, when large parts of the new timber frame were assembled and erected at a workshop in the Loire Valley, in western France. Computers were used in the drawing of detailed plans for carpenters, to help ensure that their hand-chiseled beams fit together perfectly. “It is a way to be faithful to the (handiwork) of all the people who built all the extraordinary monuments in France.”įacing a tight deadline to reopen the cathedral by December 2024, carpenters and architects are also using computer design and other modern technologies to speed the reconstruction. “We want to restore this cathedral as it was built in the Middle Ages,” says Jean-Louis Georgelin, the retired French army general who is overseeing the reconstruction. The aim is to pay tribute to the astounding craftsmanship of the cathedral’s original builders and to ensure that the centuries-old art of hand-fashioning wood lives on. The use of hand tools to rebuild the roof that flames turned into ashes in 2019 is a deliberate, considered choice, especially since power tools would undoubtedly have done the work more quickly. – France's Macron tours Notre Dame Cathedral reconstruction.

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