Nantes: neglected for 2 years, the Great Blue Heron will get a makeover. The only surviving machine from the monumental Heron Tree project, the structure has not been properly maintained by the metropolis.

It should be restored to its original state in the coming months. “It hurt my heart to see the work disintegrate. It has lost its color, and has clearly not been maintained,” regrets the designer and scenographer of the company La Machine, François Delarozière.