A 24-apartment complex
23 July 2023Château de Grandchamps
21 July 2023Château de Vincennes
RESTORATION OF THE KEEP FIXED BRIDGE & DRAWBRIDGE
SCHEDULING, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT & COORDINATION
Our main areas of involvement relate to:
- consolidation of the gatehouses
- recovery of stormwater and run-off from the central courtyard, and the re-waterproofing and surfacing of the fixed bridge deck
- restoration of the eastern counterscarp, fixed bridge and external fortified gateway facades in very hard limestone
- the creation of two fixed vehicular and pedestrian footbridges designed to address the constraints of access to the Keep at the site of the medieval drawbridges
- the restoration of the modern rubble ramparts of the protective Keep chemise.
Estimated project cost:
> €2 million (+VAT)
Estimated project duration:
14 months
Project owner:
CENTRE DES MONUMENTS NATIONAUX
Monument & Collections Conservation Department
Project management:
2DBM Architectes
Christophe Batard: Principal Architect of Historic Monuments