SEVEN NEW CLICKS!

Thursday, 10 May 2012

Restoration of la halle de Richelieu - 2

the only contemporary illustration of la halle; but is it accurate?
Project board 1
project board 2
project board
architect in charge - M. Arnaud de St. Jouan
...up there...
underpinning each and every column

the sandy sub-soil exposed - once marshland
underpinning with a new concrete 'footing'

breaking up the former concrete slab

a newly-cast concrete footing
the new scaffold obscures the view of high-level work



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