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an argument could be made that this was a once in a few generations chance to do something different, or at least change/add to the existing design. another arg

by kmlx 2y ago

an argument could be made that this was a once in a few generations chance to do something different, or at least change/add to the existing design. another argument is that the building saw many changes from ~1180 to today, so change was actually part of the history of the building.

wqaatwt 2y ago
> to do something different Entirely just to do something different? Or for any actual reason? I mean things like: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/france-notre-dame-green-scli-intl/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/france-notre-dame-gree... are just outright plain ugly due to many reasons and this is one of the nicer looking alternative proposals that I could find.
- DiscourseFan 2y ago
  If there's one reason the French can't compete in the modern economy its because they are so painfully conservative in their culture. Elon Musk might be a cook with reactionary tendencies but he is a far more imaginary cook than anything the French can come up with. Did it really all end in 1848?
  - wqaatwt 2y ago
    What ended in 1848? I don’t really get the relationship between these two unrelated things, you’re free to use whatever architectural style you want when building new houses and office buildings in France as far as I can tell. By that standard other Europeans are even more conservative.. Germans rebuilt the Dresden Cathedral and palaces despite them being a complete ruin for decades. The Polish rebuilt Warsaw, Gdansk and I assume other cities almost entirely from scratch pretty much as replicas of their pre-war state. What does that say about them?
- kmlx 2y ago
  they cancelled the design competition and went with an identical reconstruction: https://www.thelocal.fr/20200710/macron-gives-blessing-to-recreate-notre-dames-gothic-spire https://www.thelocal.fr/20200710/macron-gives-blessing-to-re... part of the reason was to have it ready for the olympics since a design competition would take a long time.

by kmlx 2y ago

wqaatwt 2y ago

> to do something different Entirely just to do something different? Or for any actual reason? I mean things like: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/france-notre-dame-green-scli-intl/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/france-notre-dame-gree... are just outright plain ugly due to many reasons and this is one of the nicer looking alternative proposals that I could find.

DiscourseFan 2y ago
If there's one reason the French can't compete in the modern economy its because they are so painfully conservative in their culture. Elon Musk might be a cook with reactionary tendencies but he is a far more imaginary cook than anything the French can come up with. Did it really all end in 1848?
- wqaatwt 2y ago
  What ended in 1848? I don’t really get the relationship between these two unrelated things, you’re free to use whatever architectural style you want when building new houses and office buildings in France as far as I can tell. By that standard other Europeans are even more conservative.. Germans rebuilt the Dresden Cathedral and palaces despite them being a complete ruin for decades. The Polish rebuilt Warsaw, Gdansk and I assume other cities almost entirely from scratch pretty much as replicas of their pre-war state. What does that say about them?
kmlx 2y ago
they cancelled the design competition and went with an identical reconstruction: https://www.thelocal.fr/20200710/macron-gives-blessing-to-recreate-notre-dames-gothic-spire https://www.thelocal.fr/20200710/macron-gives-blessing-to-re... part of the reason was to have it ready for the olympics since a design competition would take a long time.