For him several conditions are necessaryBut its implementation will require some investmentPay strategy coupled with a carrier image Adie is operational balance in 2011 and its financial balance in 2013 If there is a gap it is a gap in the law he saidIn addition today's conflicts are conventional forcesThe geography of the boat trip is specialThe decline in the price of raw materials rubber oilAt the same time they secure their gainsThe age of the mobile Internet has arrivedFigurehead of the île Saint-Louis, jewel of the Parisian architecture of the 17th century, particularly for signed interior decors of great artists of the time including the Brown, the hotel Lambert, artwork by Le Vau, is decidedly much about him for a few months. In question, a restoration project commissioned by its new owner. The building, classified historic monument, indeed, was transferred in 2007 by the Rothschild family to the brother of the Emir of the Qatar. Which means to undertake important work: excavation of a parking in the garden and the Court with output on the dock, breaking the curve of the wall that runs alongside. creation of a new elevator (there are already several!) and a technical sheath requiring the disembowelment of a part of the ceiling painted beams and joists of the 17th century of the House of Jean-Baptiste Lambert the sponsor to the origin of the hotel ; destruction of a 19th century carved wooden staircase; replacement of the woodwork of the Windows (double glazed or glass armoured according to the sources); installation of air conditioning; creation of additional rooms with bathroom... All instructions of Alain-Charles Perrot, the Chief Architect of Historical Monuments appointed to oversee the restoration project.
Threatened balance
"The program of work is much too heavy, summarizes Jean-François capstan, heritage architect, historian and lecturer at the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne).". It fills the space to the shoe horn, former garages become domestic rooms. But more worrying, it seems to me, they are planned under the Court and the suspended garden concrete casings. "And this strong supporter of the hotel Lambert to continue:"On the île Saint Louis, nobody dared dig." It is a small piece of land where there is no subway or pool in the basement. You should know that, to build on the island, it took down piles of wood and that if one begins to shearing these piles, it is dangerous for the balance of the construction.
This is why the hotel Lambert restoration project is not only the stir in the community of architects and the commission of the old Paris, but also raises the protests of the Mayor of the capital, Bertrand Delanoe, who does not have great power in this case. Because this restoration project, like any other relating to a listed building, requires the permission of the prefect or the Ministry of Culture, via the Drac (Regional Direction of Cultural Affairs). If it comes to maintenance or repair, control of work is entrusted to the architect of the buildings of France (ABF). All other work require the intervention of the Chief Architect of Historic Monuments. The ABF is also required in the backed-up areas.
"A place abandoned."
The lifting of shields in the heritage landerneau however allowed to roll back the project in some areas. The national commission which met Monday was an opportunity for negotiations on many points. The casings would be abandoned, and the bathrooms located above the Gallery of Hercules. But what about parking And the workshop of the Czartoryski family, attended to the 19th century by the Parisian artists gotha If points of divergence, the Chief Architect of the buildings of France should nonetheless review copy.
"The hotel was the subject of any restoration for one hundred and fifty years, both with the Rothschild family with the Czartoryski family, said Alain-Charles Perrot. It is a place left abandoned, transformed in building and which was leased by the Rothschilds, different personalities, as Michèle Morgan. The hotel becomes what it should be, the comfort of today and more. Critics of the project are as if the hotel had never undergone transformations. This is far from being the case. For my part, I wish that something, well lead this restoration, and I can assure you that the owner enjoys the works of art.
Policy issues
Cost of the site At least, more than 30 million euros, according to the Chief Architect of Historic Monuments. To which it must of course add the acquisition cost: between 60 and 80 million euros, according to the luxury real estate professionals.
Therefore, it took that challenge increases that the Ministry of Culture recedes a little. And in the eyes of some, the explanation is simple: that is Parisian heritage to some policy issues The Qatar like the France and the France makes it well...
