{"id":29963,"date":"2026-06-03T08:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T08:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/29963\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T08:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T08:59:10","slug":"jr-postpones-opening-of-pont-neuf-installation-due-to-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/29963\/","title":{"rendered":"jr postpones opening of pont neuf installation due to damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>opening of JR pont neuf installation postponed due to damage<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following damage to the structure on June 2nd, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/jr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JR<\/a>\u2018s\u00a0upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/interactive-installation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">immersive installation<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-paris\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paris<\/a>\u2018 Pont Neuf has been postponed. Originally set to open to the public on June 6th, the project\u2019s technical experts are investigating what led to the incident with the assessment still ongoing. A new opening date will be announced shortly.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018La Caverne du Pont Neuf\u2019 will transform the historic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/bridge-architecture-and-design\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bridge<\/a> into a monumental stone-like cavern visitors can walk through. The project extends the lineage of temporary urban transformations into a new generation through architecture, sound, and augmented reality.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1193283 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"JR postpones opening of la caverne du pont neuf in paris due to damage - 1\" width=\"818\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Image-2348.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>La Caverne du Pont Neuf, Paris, 2026 | all images by \u00c9l\u00e9a Jeanne Schmitter courtesy of 2026 Atelier JR<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>wrapped bridge recalls project by christo and jeanne-claude<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The original project, executed in 1985, wrapped the city\u2019s oldest\u00a0bridge\u00a0in 41,800 square meters of fabric, secured by thirteen kilometers of rope and twelve tons of steel cables. This vision took a decade of planning and negotiations before it came to life. The wrapping remained on the bridge for two weeks, during which three million visitors engaged with the installation. True to Christo and Jeanne-Claude\u2019s philosophy, the project invited the\u00a0public\u2018s individual interpretation, embracing the transient nature of art.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1193284 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"JR postpones opening of la caverne du pont neuf in paris due to damage - 2\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Image-2355.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>JR during the installation of La Caverne du Pont Neuf<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1193296 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"JR postpones opening of la caverne du pont neuf in paris due to damage - 3\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/jr-postpones-opening-la-caverne-du-pont-neuf-paris-damage700-1.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>the installation will transform the historic bridge into a monumental stone-like cavern visitors can walk through<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"opening of JR pont neuf installation postponed due to damage \u00a0 Following damage to the structure on June&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6196,21740,6587,12657,30],"class_list":["post-29963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-paris","tag-architecture-in-paris","tag-bridge-architecture-and-design","tag-interactive-installation","tag-jr","tag-paris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}