Global call to design new Notre-Dame spire
bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47959313
bbc.co.ukPosted Apr 17, 2019, 2:55 PM UTC
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bbc.co.ukHow about we just rebuild it as it was? I hope we don't get some modern art disaster-piece.
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Exactly this is my fear
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I don't understand this need to "re-design" things. Some things are fine as they are.
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Define "as it was." When your tower is be made of sparklers and it catches fire, you don't make another one out of sparklers
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In terms of appearance, as the original article was talking about.
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I’m super nervous about any of the rebuilding efforts. I think Macron said he wanted to include the “diversity of French culture” into the design. Horrifying thought if true.
Unless they intentionally use the word restore, I don’t expect it to measure up to the old one.
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Expect to see some sort of secular symbol on there to try and take away from the religious nature.
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I would say “hopefully the Church steps in and establishes boundaries for what’s acceptable design.” But A) I don’t know if they can, and B) I doubt Pope Francis would if he could.
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And c) I'm not confident the Church would assign anyone with good taste to the job even if they chose to undertake it.
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True. I feel like Bishop Barron would be faithful to it because of his knowledge and love of history and tradition, but that’s just a gut feeling. There are definitely too many in the Church who would ruin it.
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Let's hope that any of the designs that come out of the public consultation are reviewed by a panel which is dominated by the Catholic Church. After all, it is our building.
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Except owned by the French Government...
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I mean...it had a rooster on top of it as a symbol of France already.
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"A female priest with a rainbow stole holding a saltine cracker and plastic cup of grape juice"
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I will say the exact same thing that I said when the Twin Towers fell.
Rebuild it exactly the same, except 10 feet taller.
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Given the pitiful state of the Church in France today, it'll probably be some ugly, modern garbage, trying to be "inclusive" of false religions like Judaism and Islam. I hope I'm wrong, but I have a hard time being optimistic.
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Christianity is for inclusiveness, I don't see a problem with this idea.
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Best case scenario, it's a copy of the 19th century spire or something else faithfully Gothic in style.
But phrases like "adapted to the techniques and the challenges of our era" and "evolution of heritage" fill me with worry that the new spire will be a monument to bad taste.
People need to chill out about this - there has been a ridiculous amount of sensationalism since the fire broke out, and it does no one any good to worrit their heads off. No one - of any importance - has proposed a modernist addition.
The fact is the new spire will need to be updated because it's clearly not a good idea to replace it with an exact lead-clad wooden replica - the thing will only catch on fire again at some point. Even if someone designs a spire that looks the same but has a modern, fireproof structure, that will be "updating". And that would be a very good updating.
Yup :/
Yeah, it doesn't inspire me with confidence.
Not only do some things not need to be "updated", there are something that we should actively work to fight being changed.