Architect:
\nCharles Louis Ferdinand Dutert (1845-1906)<\/p>\n
Name of the building: Site: Client: Contractors: Engineer: Other actors: Decorations: Building permit: Start of construction works: Project variations: End of construction works: Prizes: Construction system: \u201cLe palais de Machine est un veritable Temple \u00e9lev\u00e9 en l\u2019Honeur de la m\u00e9tallurgie et de l\u2019architecture modernes […] nous sommes \u00e0 l\u2019aurore d\u2019un autre \u00e2ge industriel\u201d (1). Con queste entusiastiche parole, il giornalista e divulgatore scientifico Henri de Parville, nel 1890, presentava ai propri lettori la Galerie des Machines<\/em>. Il grandioso padiglione in ferro e vetro era stato progettato dall\u2019architetto francese Ferdinand Dutert in occasione dell\u2019Esposizione Universale di Parigi del 1889 e, insieme alla Tour Eiffel<\/em>, era stato il simbolo e la principale attrazione dell\u2019expo parigina. Destinato ad accogliere la mostra dei pi\u00f9 moderni macchinari dell\u2019industria nazionale, per la spettacolarit\u00e0 delle sue strutture divenne esso stesso emblema del progresso tecnologico nazionale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":554,"parent":0,"menu_order":8,"template":"","categories":[],"class_list":["post-34","projects","type-projects","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","architect-dutert","year-1887-1889"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailsinsection.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/projects\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailsinsection.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/projects"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailsinsection.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/projects"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailsinsection.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailsinsection.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailsinsection.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nGalerie des Machines \/ Palais des Machines<\/em><\/p>\n
\nParis (France)<\/p>\n
\nFrench Government; City of Paris;
\nPrivate stakeholders (A. Christophle and others)<\/p>\n
\nBuilding contractors Monsieur Manoury, Monsieur Murat and Monsieur Grouselle (stonework and foundations);
\nMonsieur Poirier (foundations and piling);
\nFive-Lille, Cail (structure and construction, main nave arches);
\nSoci\u00e9t\u00e9 d\u2019Ivry, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de Saint-Denis;
\nMoissant et Cie.;
\nRobillard (structure and construction, galleries);
\nSaint Gobain (glazed roofing)<\/p>\n
\nVictor Contamin (1840-1893)<\/p>\n
\nVictor Blavette (first working site inspector);
\nHenry Deglane (second working site inspector);
\nEug\u00e8ne H\u00e9nard (secondary inspector);
\nJules-Jean Charton (engineering staff);
\nEug\u00e8ne Vincent Pierron (engineering staff)<\/p>\n
\nJ. Martin (modeller);
\nP. Chaperon, A. A. Rub\u00e8, M. Jambon;
\nC. F. Champingneulle;
\nV. Lorin;
\nC. Crauk (pictorial decorations and stained glass windows);
\nE. Barrias – H. Chapu;
\nA. A. Cordonnier;
\nF. C.Barth\u00e9l\u00e9my (sculptors);
\nAtelier Mortreux (ceramists)<\/p>\n
\n1885-1886 (design competition and General Exhibition Plan)<\/p>\n
\n1887<\/p>\n
\n1886-1887. Hypothesis for the design of a stone cladding for the arch bases (the variation was requested by the organising committee but was not implemented)<\/p>\n
\n1889. Conclusion of construction works;
\n1910. Dismantling<\/p>\n
\n1889. Prix d\u2019Osiris (awarded by the Comite de la Presse)<\/p>\n
\nMain struture consisting of eighteen great three-pinned metal arches, sitting on stone foundations and surrounded by external galleries. Two iron-vaulted vestibules on the long sides of the building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"