Post by Deleted on May 17, 2019 9:40:41 GMT -5
Notre Dame Fire Reconstruction Ideas Include a Rooftop Swimming Pool
By Pam Wright2 days agoweather.com
In the wake of the heart-wrenching blaze that destroyed the roof and famed spire at Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral last month, French authorities said it would launch an international competition to design a new spire. One architectural firm says to forget the roof and spire and build a rooftop swimming pool instead.
Stockholm-based Ulf Mejergren Architects (UMA) are proposing a giant, cross-shaped swimming pool that would span the entire roof of the cathedral, creating a "new meditative public space."
"We think that the cathedral looks much better without both the spire and the led-clad roof. Instead we let the bell towers, the flying buttresses and the rose windows do the talking," the firm said in a press release.
The firm also suggests the statues of the 12 apostles that escaped the inferno be placed around the edges of the pool.
UMA said that considering the cathedral is the "epicenter of Paris, the world’s cultural capital and a city filled with joie de vivre," rebuilding the roof would be a mistake.
"Instead we are proposing a meditative public space; a complementary spatial experience to the building with unmatched views over Paris," the firm says.
Should the pool win out over other designs, it would likely have to close during the winter, when high temperatures average in the mid-40s and frequently drop below freezing. Or perhaps, it could then be used as a skating rink?
Other some might say far-fetched proposals for restoring the roof and spire include building a giant greenhouse roof, a park or a terrace.
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Good way to bring in extra money and great place for the priests and altar boys to swim after Mass.
By Pam Wright2 days agoweather.com
In the wake of the heart-wrenching blaze that destroyed the roof and famed spire at Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral last month, French authorities said it would launch an international competition to design a new spire. One architectural firm says to forget the roof and spire and build a rooftop swimming pool instead.
Stockholm-based Ulf Mejergren Architects (UMA) are proposing a giant, cross-shaped swimming pool that would span the entire roof of the cathedral, creating a "new meditative public space."
"We think that the cathedral looks much better without both the spire and the led-clad roof. Instead we let the bell towers, the flying buttresses and the rose windows do the talking," the firm said in a press release.
The firm also suggests the statues of the 12 apostles that escaped the inferno be placed around the edges of the pool.
UMA said that considering the cathedral is the "epicenter of Paris, the world’s cultural capital and a city filled with joie de vivre," rebuilding the roof would be a mistake.
"Instead we are proposing a meditative public space; a complementary spatial experience to the building with unmatched views over Paris," the firm says.
Should the pool win out over other designs, it would likely have to close during the winter, when high temperatures average in the mid-40s and frequently drop below freezing. Or perhaps, it could then be used as a skating rink?
Other some might say far-fetched proposals for restoring the roof and spire include building a giant greenhouse roof, a park or a terrace.
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Good way to bring in extra money and great place for the priests and altar boys to swim after Mass.
