Château of Versailles

Château of Versailles

Cut-away Isometric of 18th-century state

JA 2012

  • In 1780 Louis XVI held a competition to redesign the chaotic château; however the financial plight of France, and the subsequent revolution that this precipitated, prevented any further work.
  • This seemed an interesting departure point for an academic exercise to redesign & rationalise the château.
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