Saint-Cyr: a précised restoration
Conducted since 2015 by Francis Metzger and the architects of the Ma² Bureau of whom Lise Cuykens, this high restoration campaign focused on making archives, remnants, stratum and residual material talk, to rediscover the essence of the project imagined by its architect and restore life and lustre to the multiplicity of the initial decor styles which founded this masterpiece so original.
An intervention made possible by the application of the Ma² methodology, the precious competition and the joint effort of the entrepreneur In Advance, other enterprises and artisans involved in the project, some experts of the IRPA-KIK of the Direction of the Cultural Heritage and obviously the contracting authority. In addition, the first renovation, the one in the front facade, had already been carried out in 2011 by SumProject and Origin Architecture & Engineering.
It is impossible to enumerate everything here but we are talking about the restoration of a stained-glass in the large stairwell, of the reconstitution of the Japanese decoration of the main entrance, the restoration of the earthenware and wall friezes, the reconstruction according to the original colours and the composition of the granites on the ground, the restoration in the original state of the round chimney in glazed green bricks, the reissue of a embossed wallpaper with green background and bronze pattern, etc.