The Louvre Museum in Paris opts for a temporary RECO passenger lift
RECO Lift Solutions has recently installed a temporary passenger lift for the Louvre in Paris. The Louvre Museum is namely having an existing lift modernised and its lift capacity increased. With the use of a temporary RECO passenger lift, the offices remain accessible safely and barrier-free during the lift modernisation.
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Larger lift shaft for more lift capacity
The indoor lift is normally only used by office staff. Because the existing lift only had room for 3 to 4 people, the Louvre Museum wants to increase the lift capacity. For this purpose, the entire lift shaft must be enlarged. For the lift builder, it is quite a challenge to build a larger lift shaft in a monumental building like the Louvre. The Louvre Museum is therefore taking a lead time of almost 2 years into account.
Temporary lift for barrier-free access
The French scaffolding contractor Europe Echafaudage from Jarny was commissioned to construct a temporary stair tower using a scaffold. To keep the offices safely accessible for the disabled and facility services, Europe Echafaudage asked RECO Lift Solutions to help think about equipping the stair tower with a temporary passenger lift.
RECO Plug and Play lift with 2 stops
We chose to provide a RECO Plug and Play Extended lift. The office spaces are located on the third floor, so the RECO passenger lift is only equipped with two stops; ground floor and third floor. Only two truck combinations were required to transport the lift modules. Fal Industrie from Paris supplied the necessary telescopic crane for assembly.
RECO Plug and Play Extended lifts
Preventing damage to monumental facade
A window opening on the third floor was used to enter the building. This window had sufficient height to be used as an entrance. This meant that the balustrade under the window did not have to be removed and the monumental façade remained undamaged. Because the floor on the inside is about 1.5 metres below the window opening, we have mounted a RECO Low-rise Platformlift 1500. The height was bridged with this, so that the temporary route remains completely barrier-free and safely accessible.
Installation of temporary lift: fast on-site assembly and inspection
After only one day of assembly, our lift shaft was up against the facade of the Louvre. The lift is now completely surrounded by Europe Echafaudage's scaffolding. Bureau Veritas then took care of the installation inspection. We are proud of the trust the Louvre Museum has placed in our services and look back on a pleasant cooperation with Europe Echafaudage. The next 2 years, the RECO lift will remain in use here until the new passenger lift is delivered.
