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Reimagine the ICONIC Notre-Dame with Bas Smets
© Studio Alma for BBS Brussels-based landscape designer Bas Smets intends to create a better Notre-Dame experience for both tourists and Parisians with an eye towards sustainability. The world watched despairingly when the medieval cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris caught fire in 2019. It was inconceivable that this beloved French icon, completed in 1345, might so easily be destroyed. But like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, Notre-Dame’s restoration steadily progresses with a hope that portions can reopen in 2024, just in time for the summer games. Taking the lead on Notre-Dame’s exterior refurbishment is Belgian landscape architect Bas Smets who is working collaboratively with architectural and urban planner GRAU and…
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Notre Dame to Receive New Landscape Design: Bas Smets Wins Competition to Reimagine the Cathedral’s Surroundings
Notre Dame to Get New Landscape Structure: Bas Smets Wins Competitiveness to Reimagine the Cathedral’s Surroundings Courtesy of Bureau Bas Smets Share Share Fb Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://www.archdaily.com/985049/new-structure-of-the-notre-dame-de-paris-bordering-spot-is-unveiled In parallel with the restoration will work underway at the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral, the metropolis of Paris has introduced a style level of competition to redevelop the cathedral’s surroundings. On June 27, the jury declared the group led by landscape designer Bas Smets as the winner of the level of competition. The challenge, planned to start off in 2024, will reimagine the square and the underground parking spaces beneath it, which includes the archeological crypt, the Jean XXIII…
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