Versailles & COP21
20.11.15
Recently a group of us were invited to attend a training workshop at the Swedish Institute in Paris as part of COP 21, on how to restore windows and doors using linseed oil based products and paints. The workshop was presented by work associates of Kevin Davies, Hans and Sonja Allback from Sweden, who also manufacture the products. www.allbackpaint.com
After a ‘hands on’, whole day workshop, with other architects and technicians, we then took part in a ‘round table’ discussion on how we can learn from the construction methods of the past and use them to build better, new and more durable buildings.
The finale of the weekend was a private tour around the ‘Chateau de Versailles’ by Regis Berge (Architect & Service de la Conservation Architecturale). Very interesting to see the ‘Allback’ restoration methods and paint in action! But also fantastic to see the Chateau in all its splendour.
