Restoration work of the church following a devastating 2019 fire has revealed a surprising construction innovation.
the fire that tore through Notre-Dame on April 15, 2019, was likely caused by an electrical malfunction or a burning cigarette. Over the course of 15 hours, the blaze toppled Notre-Dame’s iconic spire and destroyed “la forêt” of cut oak trees that made up the church’s rafters.
“We believed that these great building yards of the 13th century had invented these construction processes using iron armatures, but now it seems that it all occurred at Notre-Dame,” L’Héritier said.The staples were inserted at specific points in Notre-Dame’s architecture that the researchers said are load-bearing , indicating the iron crucially improved the cathedral’s structural integrity. The staples straddled stones, binding walls together.
its iconic flying buttresses and thin vaults, aspects of the building that make it appear elegant despite its massive scale.to come out of the Notre-Dame restoration.workers assessing the stability of the cathedral’s floor
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