Join us for a panel discussion about the Notre-Dame de Paris Truss Project.
This online discussion is supported by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, at University of Georgia.
Professional timber framers and student from across the US came together to build a full-scale reconstruction of one of the oldest trusses that once stood above the Notre-Dame de Paris choir entirely using traditional tools, methods and materials.
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In 2019 Notre-Dame de Paris burned. In 2021, Handshouse Studio led a team of experts and students in Washington, DC to reconstruct one of the trusses that once supported the roof of Notre-Dame de Paris.
Handshouse has reconstructed Truss #6, one of the oldest trusses that once stood above the choir of Notre-Dame de Paris. The Handshouse Notre Dame truss reconstruction was made using the official drawings created by the French lead architects Rémi Fromont and Cédric Trentesaux, and followed French protocol passed down from the Middle Ages for timber harvesting, fabricating, assembly, tools, and raising techniques.
This conversation will feature Lindsay S. Cook, PhD, Assistant Professor of Art History at Ball State University; Tonya Ohnstad, AIA, NCARB, MNAL, Assistant Professor of Architecture and Planning, The Catholic University of America; Traditional Carpenter Gerald David of GFD Woodworking, and Rick Brown of Handshouse Studio.