You'll be pleased to know that in todays world of cnc machines and 3d printers, remaking old stuff like this has never been cheaper or easier.
What might have taken stonemasons thousands of man years to make originally, can now be done by a few people and a cnc machine in a few months.
It's usually possible to add modern insulation, damp proofing, wiring+plumbing, etc. during the rebuild too, so the new building ends up meaningfully better than the original, and probably with a longer lifespan and lower maintenance.
The process still isn't cheap - and will cost a lot more than just a regular building of the same size - but it will be far far cheaper than using traditional techniques for a rebuild.
Whats most important is to get 3d models and photos of the originals before it is destroyed...
Not quite what you asked for but these links document the process of creating a new monastery using modern day techniques AND with all the intricate details you expect on such a building.
I shouldn't even give you a comment. But I would just like to point out that the tradesmen working on the building are primarily danes, and if not every single one of them are europeans.
I don’t know about Denmark, but on the north side of the Sound, all construction contracts seem to go to chains of subcontractors fourteen levels deep, where minor details like workplace safety get lost around level five or so, and the fellows who get to do the actual work in the end are all from Elbonia and speak no Swedish.
I thought it was the literal stock market crashing :( In either case I'm sad to see the loss of a beautiful piece of history (Which up to this point I did not know existed)
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[ 5.5 ms ] story [ 37.5 ms ] threadVery sad to see the 400 year old building go up in flames (like Notre Dame did almost exactly 5 years ago - off by just one Day…)
(Note: in Danish)
What might have taken stonemasons thousands of man years to make originally, can now be done by a few people and a cnc machine in a few months.
It's usually possible to add modern insulation, damp proofing, wiring+plumbing, etc. during the rebuild too, so the new building ends up meaningfully better than the original, and probably with a longer lifespan and lower maintenance.
The process still isn't cheap - and will cost a lot more than just a regular building of the same size - but it will be far far cheaper than using traditional techniques for a rebuild.
Whats most important is to get 3d models and photos of the originals before it is destroyed...
https://carmelitegothic.com/#carmelite-monks-of-wyoming-goth... https://hackaday.com/2023/01/13/a-medieval-gothic-monastery-...
There was also an elevator in a building site that fell, killing all 5 workers in Stockholm: https://www.thelocal.se/20231213/what-caused-construction-el...
What's going on with construction sites in the Nordics? Have they forgotten how to do things safely?
Press release from the Work Environment Authority (2021, in Swedish, but Google Translate handles it nicely): https://www.av.se/press/farlig-arbetsmiljo-och-olaglig-arbet...