NO.162
RENOVATION OF NOTRE DAME SQUARE/ LETELLIER ARCHITECTES
Villefranche-de-Rougergue, France
• Architects: LETELLIER ARCHITECTES
• Area: 1 500 m² SP
• Type: square renovation
Client: CONSEIL GÉNÉRAL DE L’AVEYRON
Cost: 924 000 € HT
Fontainiste : FC URBAN DESIGNER
Paysagiste : FRANÇOISE PERSOUYRE
Ratio : 1 562 €/m2
•
--Classified as a historical monument as a whole and surrounded by arcades surmounted by flamboyant Gothic or Renaissance style residences, it has hosted every Thursday morning for almost 8 centuries one of the most picturesque markets in the Southwest.
Activities of the central fountain: its water jets tell the time; and unique in France, they dance to the rhythm of the 48 carillon bells, one of the most remarkable in the region.--
From April 2 to November 31, 2013, Eurovia Rodez carried out the renovation of Place Notre-Dame in Villefranche-de-Rouergue (12), a site classified "Bâtiment de France".
This site presented technical and town planning constraints that the agency was able to face.
The particularities of this project:
• Earthworks of the existing
• Layout of the square in paving stones according to the techniques used in the Middle Ages
• Pavement structure in gravel cement
• Stormwater systems and slotted gutters in Corten steel
• Laying of 10x25x20 limestone paving stones; recovery from old streets of the city according to cal-pinage architect
• Maximum required joint 1 cm treated by mineralization (55,000 pavers cleaned and re-calibrated before laying)
• Installation of visible bronze joint following a particular pattern
• Installation of Roman bronze numeral for luminous clock
• Jet fountain (except lot)
Were also carried out in the same spirit of limestone paving, 3 lanes located under the peripheral arcades in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Thus, the whole of the place and the arcades are renovated in paving. The collegiate church is then highlighted.
#France, #church, #square, #public_space , #lighting , #fountain ,#water
@revitalization
RENOVATION OF NOTRE DAME SQUARE/ LETELLIER ARCHITECTES
Villefranche-de-Rougergue, France
• Architects: LETELLIER ARCHITECTES
• Area: 1 500 m² SP
• Type: square renovation
Client: CONSEIL GÉNÉRAL DE L’AVEYRON
Cost: 924 000 € HT
Fontainiste : FC URBAN DESIGNER
Paysagiste : FRANÇOISE PERSOUYRE
Ratio : 1 562 €/m2
•
--Classified as a historical monument as a whole and surrounded by arcades surmounted by flamboyant Gothic or Renaissance style residences, it has hosted every Thursday morning for almost 8 centuries one of the most picturesque markets in the Southwest.
Activities of the central fountain: its water jets tell the time; and unique in France, they dance to the rhythm of the 48 carillon bells, one of the most remarkable in the region.--
From April 2 to November 31, 2013, Eurovia Rodez carried out the renovation of Place Notre-Dame in Villefranche-de-Rouergue (12), a site classified "Bâtiment de France".
This site presented technical and town planning constraints that the agency was able to face.
The particularities of this project:
• Earthworks of the existing
• Layout of the square in paving stones according to the techniques used in the Middle Ages
• Pavement structure in gravel cement
• Stormwater systems and slotted gutters in Corten steel
• Laying of 10x25x20 limestone paving stones; recovery from old streets of the city according to cal-pinage architect
• Maximum required joint 1 cm treated by mineralization (55,000 pavers cleaned and re-calibrated before laying)
• Installation of visible bronze joint following a particular pattern
• Installation of Roman bronze numeral for luminous clock
• Jet fountain (except lot)
Were also carried out in the same spirit of limestone paving, 3 lanes located under the peripheral arcades in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Thus, the whole of the place and the arcades are renovated in paving. The collegiate church is then highlighted.
#France, #church, #square, #public_space , #lighting , #fountain ,#water
@revitalization