Notre-Dame de Paris: dismay and hope

Abstract

The dramatic blaze of the roof of Notre-Dame de Paris gave way to intense imaginative proposals for the monument repairs, far from realist and respectful considerations. In the other hand, the methodical approach, coming from the monument’s analyse and understanding, its symbolic and architectural sense, seems to be the only way for its faithful recovery. If the works for repairs are easy to adopt, the roof and the spire are in an open debate, which claims to more clever considerations: the roof cannot be studied out of its major structural assessment on the vaults; and the spire, both one of the 19th c. major masterpiece of architecture, and a legendary skyline, calls for it’s rebuilt. Back to the world famous gothic icon seems to be the only correct architectural answer.

Keywords

• arquitectura gótica
• bóvedas de crucería
• arbotantes
• carpintería
• aguja