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Skills of Parisian zinc roofers and ornamentalists (France)
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Parisian zinc roofing encompasses the knowledge and skills required to restore the roofs of Haussmann-style buildings constructed during the nineteenth century. The restoration of a roof involves removing the old pieces of zinc, measuring and custom-cutting new pieces using a Parisian folding machine, and assembling and fixing the pieces onto the roof. With nearly 80 per cent of the roofs in Paris covered in zinc, the city is a living archive of these skills that shape the unique identity of its urban landscape.