A University of Arkansas at Little Rock student spent the summer immersing himself in the history and restoration efforts surrounding the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Adison Cummings, a senior double majoring in architectural engineering and civil engineering from Texarkana, spent two months studying Notre Dame with eight students from the United States.
The inside of Notre Dame will reopen in December, while the exterior is expected to take several more years to complete.
“One of our professors has been working on the restoration of Notre Dame and taught us about the process and how they dealt with working through COVID,” Cummings said. “Another professor has a degree in Gothic architecture and taught us about the history of Notre Dame and other gothic cathedrals in Paris. A third professor is an artist who helped us come up with our own ideas for the restoration of the cathedral.”
As part of their project, Cummings teamed up with two students to create a model to present their own ideas for the restoration of Notre Dame. Their team proposed adding a bridge connecting the two front towers as well as a circular garden in front of the cathedral.
