The A2AC presents
On Thursday, October 17th,2024, a replica of a Notre Dame cathedral timber frame truss will be raised in the street right in front of the A2AC, made and raised by the same group that worked on the official reconstruction, Handshouse Studio.
The truss will be fully assembled and raised from 11-2pm, with a Q/A, exhibition of the full La Foret (roof structure) model, and talks at the A2AC after.
Truss On View: October 17, 2024, 11:00am-2:00pm
Q+A with Notre Dame Project Participants: October 17, 2024, 11:30am-12:30pm
(in front of the A2AC on 117 W Liberty, Ann Arbor, MI)
Panel Presentation: October 17, 2024, 6:30pm-7:30pm
La Forêt Model Exhibition: On View October 17-19, 2024
(in the A2AC Gallery)
This exhibition has been brought to A2AC by Handshouse Studio in participation with Lower Town Bar and Cafe, Roof Jumpers Timber Frames, Sam Beauford Woodworking Institute, and the Timber Framers Guild. Crane is generously supplied by Alta Equipment Company and operated by Operating Engineers Local 324.
With special thanks to
ABOUT THE RECONSTRUCTION
In 2019, the Notre-Dame Cathedral burned.
In 2021, Handshouse Studio led a team of experts, historians, architects, and students to accurately reconstruct one of the timber trusses that once supported the roof of Notre Dame as a global gesture of solidarity among makers. The Handshouse Studio Notre Dame Project used the official drawings created and shared with us by French lead architect Rémi Fromont to reconstruct a full-scale replica of Choir Truss #6 of Notre Dame de Paris, following historical French timber harvesting, fabricating, assembly, tools, and raising techniques passed down to us from the Middle Ages!
As a result of this international collaboration, Handshouse representatives were invited to France to work on the official reconstruction of Notre-Dame’s timber roof in France! The Notre Dame Project replica of Truss #6 is currently in Michigan. Timber Framers from all over the US will be coming to Michigan for the Timber Framers Guild Conference this October. The talented American carpenters who worked on the restoration of Notre Dame in France will all be together for the first time in Ann Arbor, and we want to take the opportunity to celebrate their historic work with the world by hand-raising our full-scale replica Notre Dame Truss in the streets of Ann Arbor and offering a panel discussion for the public with project participants on Oct. 17.
To learn more about the Handshouse Studio or the Notre Dame Project visit www.handshouse.org
EVENTS
Truss Raising and On View
Thursday, October 17, 2024, 11:00am-2:00pm | free
Q+A with Notre Dame Project Participants
Thursday, October 17, 2024, 11:30am-12:30pm | free
Ann Arbor Art Center
117 W. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, MI
Join us for a truss-raising adventure and Notre Dame Project presentation in Ann Arbor! Handshouse Studio representatives will crane-raise the full-scale reconstruction of Notre Dame choir truss #6 and present its significance and story to the public.
Free
The Gift of Repair Panel Presentation
Thursday, October 17, 2024, 6:30pm-7:30pm | free
A2AC Gallery
117 W. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, MI
Presented by Lindsay Cook, Professor of Architectural History at Penn State University, and Marie Brown, Executive Director of Handshouse Studio and Notre Dame Project Director.
Learn about the experiences of Americans who worked alongside French carpenters to reconstruct Notre Dame de Paris in France and how a gesture of global solidarity among makers became an embodied act of reconstruction across borders.
Free
Ann Arbor La Forêt Model Exhibition
On View October 17-19, 2024
A2AC Gallery
117 W. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, MI
Handshouse Studio’s 1:10 scale white oak model of “La Forêt,” Notre Dame’s notably intricate roof structure, will be on display at the A2AC Gallery for public viewing October 17-19, 2024.
PRESS
What’s that? Part of Paris landmark replicated in downtown Ann Arbor
MLive | Oct. 17, 2024
Presented in coordination with
