Two men walk in the damaged Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on April 16, 2019. By Adam Taylor and Adam Taylor Foreign reporter who writes about a variety of subjects Email Bio Follow Emily Tamkin Emily Tamkin Reporter covering foreign affairs Email Bio Follow April 16 at 2:05 PM If you were to design a building that would be particularly vulnerable to a spectacular fire, look no further than Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.
“I think what people should understand is the ingenious approach by medieval builders,” said Kevin D. Murphy, a professor of art history at Vanderbilt University. “The technology of the building is not, of course, technology that we use anymore,” Murphy said. “In some cases, the actual technology has been under debate for centuries. Trying to understand how it was built is not straightforward.”
Some of the damage at St. Mels’ came from the cold water sprayed over the site by fire services to put out the blaze, causing the masonry to rapidly contract. “You could hear the stonework cracking for days afterward,” Fay said. The vast size of Notre Dame, as well as its symbolic value, will put pressure on those seeking to renovate it. The task of restoration is “hugely daunting because it’s such a huge building. It can only be daunting,” Murphy said.
Once the rebuilding takes place, there will be major decisions to be made about whether the building is remade using traditional techniques or their more modern counterparts. In some cases, the decision may be made easier by the fact that many of the older techniques are difficult to reproduce in the 21st century.
WVFireMarshal What's funny these political figures and highly educated people in the world after a tragic happens they say well this should have been done or that should have been done a long time ago.If that's the case why in the Hell didn't they fix the problem before it happened SMH !
babciapat One or two odd assertions. 'historically, smaller churches were most prone to fire, as they were made entirely of wood.' Really struggling to think of many wooden churches in France or England, since 1066 anyway. 1/
It’s 800 years old.
benshapiro Would you care to correct your statements saying that Notre Dame is 'a Monument to Western Civilization' is somehow tantamount to saying 'muslims did this' ...? Because your complete lack of journalistic integrity is really showing today.
Because Muslims keep trying to destroy them.
Just the Start of Justice for the victims of the Churches pedophilia. to bad it wasn't Sistine Chapel I wouldn't be at all surprised to find out the church just upped the insurance
**WASHINGTON** ¿TODAVIA NO DICEN, QUE *KIEREN GANAR*? **SI MUCHO BILLETOTE** O **IRSE DE *PIÑATOTAS A LA JAULA DE LAS LOKAS HAWAI MARRANOTES Y MARRANOTAS* Y ¿MIS CHEKERAS'666? AMERICANO, CANADA, ESPAÑA,
Odd how it wasn't vulnerable for 800+ years and survived 2 world wars but couldn't survive the invasion that macron invited in.
Lemme guess: 1. Building codes weren't all that great 800 yrs ago? 2. Very few prefabricated stuff goes into rebuilding?
Bc hateful ppl want to watch them burn bc they don’t believe in Christ.
Terrorism?
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