The French government held a design competition [1] [2] to gather proposals for a new spire, so the assumption at the outset was not that it would be a mere res

The French government held a design competition [1] [2] to gather proposals for a new spire, so the assumption at the outset was not that it would be a mere restoration. > “The international competition will allow us to ask the question of whether we should even recreate the spire as it was conceived by Viollet-le-Duc,” [prime minister] Philippe told reporters after a cabinet meeting dedicated to the fire. “Or, as is often the case in the evolution of heritage, whether we should endow Notre Dame with a new spire. This is obviously a huge challenge, a historic responsibility.” However, the senate passed a bill explicitly requiring that the traditional design must be used [3]. [1] https://www.archdaily.com/916723/the-peoples-notre-dame-cathedral-design-competition https://www.archdaily.com/916723/the-peoples-notre-dame-cath... [2] https://www.archdaily.com/915355/france-announces-competition-to-redesign-the-spire-of-notre-dame https://www.archdaily.com/915355/france-announces-competitio... [3] https://archive.ph/HgTvo https://archive.ph/HgTvo