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Stabilization of the Gothic heart of the Saint-Jacques church
Project type
Restoration of listed heritage
Owner of the project
The church factory
Architect
Jacques Bruyere
Situation
Saint-Jacques Street in Tournai
Execution
2011
The Gothic church of Saint-Jacques in Tournai is classified as an exceptional heritage site in Wallonia. Due to wear and tear over time (disappearance of the mortar and rotting of the structural parts), the masonry piles without buttresses had a significant slope. The structural principle is to create a metal corset and apply a prestressing force at the top of the pile to compensate for the eccentricity of the resulting forces.
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