French architects propose replacing cathedral's damaged roof with glass and filling it [tr]

UK Daily Mail ^ | April 26, 2019 | Danyal Hussain

[Leo Carpathian]

All frenchies should wear burkas. Celebrate.

[Red Badger]

The roof and spire were not that old. Just under 200.............

[InterceptPoint]

I didn’t see anything about a Green New Deal endorsement for this idiotic plan but I probably just missed it.

[Mozzafiato]

I thought I was reading something from The Onion. That looks and sounds ridiculous.

[AndyJackson]

And you cannot rebuild it like it was. How do you even determine what it “was” since it was an evolving design over centuries of construction.

[bigbob]

I’ve read numerous comments promising that the next fire will leave nothing but rubble if some abomination like this is attempted.

[Pravious]

You can’t build fireproof with lumber... which is what the roof was for 850 years.

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Sure. But, whatever it’s made of, make it look like it did.

Putting a silly glass garden on the top completely changes the point of focus.
Now, I’m not a particularly religious person but I do believe the point of a church should be the church - not some refashioned building that’s merely supporting some new public park.

[HamiltonJay]

The replacement roof was also TIMBER/WOOD... the Cathedrals roof has always been WOODEN for its entire history....

And wood is not fireproof.

[Red Badger]

They could use that pink wood that’s become so ubiquitous now!..............

[Red Badger]

http://www.pinkshield.ca/pre-coated-wood.html

[Red Badger]

http://www.pinkwoodusa.com/

[Boogieman]

[butlerweave]

People gave you good money to put it back the way it was but modernized

[grania]

Even so, it was a spire that replaced the original spire. Changing it to anything else destroys the historical integrity of the architecture.

[hinckley buzzard]

Wirth all the money pledged to rebuild it, it is becoming an irresistible temptation for every wannabe architect to indulge his own ego-driven fantasies. The fact that it was a church has already been lost; so may as well just bulldoze it and put up some ghastly “repurposed” monstrosity. Keep the bell towers as a facade and fill in behind with a shopping arcade.

[I want the USA back]

A greenhouse. A minaret. Why not replace the stained glass windows with the rainbow flag? Why not build a ledge from which the muzzies can throw gays off of?

[Sacajaweau]

I'm aware....My son sent me a VERY old print of the Cathedral when he lived in Paris.....along with a book on its' history.

He also sent me a large print of Paris which has the raised seal of the Louvre, was wrapped in Louvre Paper and sent in a tube with a Louvre stamp affixed.

Last Christmas, we exchanged books on the Eiffel Tower.

[Red Badger]

Last Christmas, we exchanged books on the Eiffel Tower.

That's a long way to go just to exchange books..................

[Sacajaweau]

He was living in NYC last year. Amazon does the fancy footwork.

[sphinx]

Just move it, stone by stone, to the U.S. We can rebuild it and do a meticulous historically accurate restoration. The French can repurpose the site for something in keeping with the modern spirit of the nation. An abortion clinic, refugee settlement center or a mosque, I suppose.