Palais de la Lutecé Iulia Stefancu
P A L A I S D E L A L U T E C E i s a proje ct t hat e vol ve d fro m the de si re to cre ate a st ro ng re l ati on be twe e n the ri ch he ri ta ge of Il e de l a C i te and i ts use rs an d fu tu re vi si tors. Thi s proje ct de ve l ope d th ro ug h a se ri e s of il l ustr ati ve st udi e s th at focu se d on vari e d aspe cts of the bui l di n g an d i ts contextu al i nte grati o n. The bui l di n g ai ms to off e r an expe ri me nt al ap proac h to hi stori cal p re se rvati on th ro ug h sp ace s tha t faci l i tate te achi ng, le arni n g, st udyi ng, han ds on expe ri me nt ati on a nd a dmi n w ork. I nspi re d by Eu ge ne Vi ol le t- le -Duc’ s be l ie fs on re sto rati on, di re ct i mpl i cati on i n N otre Da me’ s re stora ti on and draw i n g style , the bui l di n g propos al stri ke s a conve rsati o n w i th i ts cl ose context th ro ug h he i gh t an d orie nt ati on; i t off e rs i ts ow n i nte rpre t ati on of expe ri me nt al p re se rva ti on th ro ug h the C rypte , S acri sty and B ati me nt du Pe rson ne l; a nd i t take s sha pe i n a w ay that cel e brate s the mo nu me nts that surro un d i t throu gh re fl e cti on a nd tra nsp are nc y. I n te rms of ma te ri ali ty, Pal ai s de l a Lute ce i s a do ubl e ski n struct ural gl ass faça de on me tal frame th at spa ns 6 5 me tre s i n he i gh t above g ro un d pl us 2 u nde rg ro un d l e ve l s, one of w hi ch ope ns tow ards the Sei ne ri ve rba nk. Each sp ace i s de si g ne d to matc h the nee d s of the use rs, h avi ng do ubl e he i gh t l e ve l s for the gl ass C om pag nons d u De voi r w orksho ps, a n atri um core wra ppe d i n gl ass, au di tori u ms an d gl ass t hre sh ol ds. The de si g n propos al mai n p urpose is to se rve as a he ri tage and p re se rvati on ce ntre for Fra nce . Howe ve r, the bui l di n g i tse l f i s an expe ri me ntal h ub t hat bri ngs to ge the r al l po ssi bl e use rs an d faci l i tate s a be tte r un de rstan di ng of w ha t pre se rvati o n of he ri tage me ans and w hy i t i s so i mpor tant, w hi l e h avi ng N ot re Dame as a nei g hbo ur an d l i ve exampl e .
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