Lille: residents worried about their buildings after the collapse of buildings

Maximilien Carlier, edited by Alexandre Dalifard 06:20, November 29, 2022

After the collapse two weeks ago of two buildings costing the life of a 45-year-old doctor, there is some concern among residents.

Especially since new buildings were evacuated rue Lepelletier this weekend in the middle of the night because of a threat of collapse.

On site, residents and traders no longer look at their buildings in the same way.

"Since these events, we look at everything in the air and we discover a little more Lille. We notice that in some places it is a little cracked and that still scares us", explains Chantale, a resident, worried by observing the facades of the stone buildings. 

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"The culture of Lille on his house will change"

After the collapse of the two buildings, the evacuations are linked in the hypercentre.

Stéphanie, manager of the

estaminet la pate brûlée", goes around her restaurant every day.

"We look at the walls in fact and the cellar. For us, there is nothing moved but it is true that we are more careful now", she specifies.

In particular to the structure as explained by Jean-Yves Méreau, president of the association Renaissance du Lille Ancien.

"There are a lot of cracks that we no longer see so much we have dressed the interior of the houses with plaster boxes for example. We no longer see the walls working", he points out. 

"The shops are plaster boxes with spotlights behind which you can't see what's going on. I think that now the culture of the Lille resident on his house will change", he concludes.

For this specialist, it is not necessary to do anything with these accommodations.

In particular, he criticizes the removal of load-bearing walls in the commercial ground floors and the drying up of the basement, which causes the foundations to settle.