Paris-based Studio NAB thinks a giant greenhouse could be built on top of Notre-Dame Cathedral to replace the roof lost in last month's devastating fire.
The covered garden would stretch the length of the Paris cathedral and along both arms of its crossing, while the building's spire would be rebuilt as a multi-storey platform filled with beehives.
Studio NAB created the proposal in response to French prime minister Edouard Philippe's statement that the rebuilt cathedral should be "adapted to issues of our time".
The greenhouse would be filled with planters made from the burnt remains of the roof
"Our proposal is to rebuild a new cathedral, anchored in its time, looking to the future and representing the issues of our time," Studio NAB founder Nicolas Abdelkader told Dezeen. The proposal aims to respect the cathedral's original silhouette by matching the greenhouse's profile with the 13th-century timber roof that was destroyed in the fire. Its structure would be built from gold-coloured steel.

The space would be used as a garden and educational space for workshops on ecology.
Abdelkader imagines it being filled with planters made from the burnt oak beams of the historic roof, which would also contain the copper statues that were previously on the roof.
Instead of a spire, the roof would be topped with a tower of beehives
The spire would also be rebuilt. However, instead of a gothic flèche, the tower would contain multiple levels supporting num...