Haro on the architects of Bâtiments de France caught in the torment of the heatwave
Summoned to explain their opposition to air conditioning units and shutters on heritage, the ABF are subjected to an unprecedented revolt.
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The architects of Bâtiments de France (ABF) are facing an unprecedented political and popular revolt due to their supposed opposition to the installation of air conditioning and shutters on heritage buildings during heatwave episodes.
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The architects of Bâtiments de France protect heritage and classified sites by validating or refusing work authorizations.
Haro on the architects of Bâtiments de France (ABF)! Summoned to explain their supposed opposition to the installation of air conditioning units and shutters on heritage buildings, these 190 officials from the Ministry of Culture have suffered popular and political wrath since the heatwave episodes. Legal protectors of heritage and listed sites, acting with authorizations or on the contrary refusals when building or demolition permits are issued, they have become the symptom of an out-of-step France. The one who clings to a delicate notion of beauty and living environment, when the planet is tipping towards hell and lives are at stake.
“This is the first time that we have suffered such a revolt,” recognizes Fabien Sénéchal, ABF in Brittany and president of the National Association of Building Architects of France (ANABF). “At the heart of summer, the controversies were so virulent that rumor even got around that one of them…
Open Questions
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