Comments on: Eiffel DNA by Serero Architects

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:07:23 +0000

This had better be a hoax!!! Paris is a beatiful city with beautiful icons!! It does not need this famous one to be made a mockery of, even if it is temporary.
It’s ugly, not liking it one bit!

By: Antônio Michielin

Antônio Michielin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:15:58 +0000

Toda mudança independente do avanço que carreia em seu bojo tende a ser combatida SEMPRE; eis que, abandonada a fase nômade nos primórdios da civilização, o ser humano regalou-se num acomodatício sedentarismo, em todos os sentidos.
Criou daí “anticorpos” naturais a tudo o que transpire alterações de rota (e ou de conduta) na manutenção de um pseudo-conforto simplista.
Ocorre que na natureza, em que pese o titânico esforço dos retrógrados e inquisidores de todos os tempos, – em especial nas religiões e totalitárias formas de pensar – tudo contradiz os “landmarks” da perenidade, implementando através da salutar oxigenação das mudanças o progresso e os avanços em todos os níveis de conhecimento.
Penso, que, dessa forma deva ser analisada essa proposta arquitetônica:
Como um ponto de partida de melhoria a um secular marco; de magistral importância e significado, mas, JAMAIS imune aos avanços constantes da civilização!

By: goON

goON — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:45:28 +0000

Very bad thingy.

By: Garance

Garance — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:59:59 +0000

Vous parlez français? Non? Je suis parisienne, 14 ans (I’m a parisian myself, 14 years old). I think that “hat” looks really weird. You know, at first the parisians looked at that tower with great disgust, but then they accepted it, and now we like it, don’t we? Parisians don’t like anything new, especially weird things; I doubt this is as good an idea as you think it is. Whatever! Do what you want! I don’t find it especially nice, but I am a parisian! LOL.

By: tecumseh

tecumseh — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:26:13 +0000

How grand, they have successfully converted it to the Space Needle!

By: Chuck Anziulewicz

Chuck Anziulewicz — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:41:52 +0000

NEWS UPDATE:

“David Serero, principal of Serero Architects, said in a telephone interview that his firm’s proposal was merely a spontaneous design it had submitted to the Eiffel Tower management group in view of the tower’s approaching 120th anniversary and, he said, was neither a response to a design competition nor solicited by the tower’s management.”

I knew it was probably too good (or at least too provocative) to be true.

By: david ellen

david ellen — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:50:52 +0000

This was just a PR stunt by the design firm to get free PR worldwide, terrible way to do PR. You hurt all real stories this way. Go back into your caves,.

By: BOHICA20

BOHICA20 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:22:43 +0000

Thank God this is temporary! Be wary though, these “temporary” things have the tendancy to become perminent. Here’s a couple of thoughts to consider. If it is the observation capacity that is the target of interest here, I wonder what this does to emergency egress?!? Let us also consider that the limited capacity of the observation deck does give an exclusive appeal to the Tower. Consider how many people would visit the Grand Canyon if we filled it in…after all, this would make it more accessible. Instead attaching this alien parasite to this historical world renowned masterpiece, they should build their own far away from the original…then watch how many people visit which tower. Perhaps we should design a tray for the Statue of Liberty to hold in lieu of a torch in order to provide a larger observation deck so that more visiters could be accomodated.

By: David

David — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:40:39 +0000

It is utterly stupid to extend the structure out horizontally beyond the viewing platform. The view of the city will be totally obstructed, a pretty basic boo-boo functionally. And though it’s pretty on it’s own, I don’t think it is very harmonious with the existing tower.

By: Kalinka Mikel

Kalinka Mikel — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:26:34 +0000

It looks like a parasite that is invading the tower.
It’s hideous!!!!