The "Dublin Eye"
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I’ve been up enough observation towers/wheels/decks to know that unless the view is awe-inspiring, then it’s not worth your while. Eiffel Tower, Fernsehturm, Empire state building, London Eye…all great views. Our best bet is the ‘Gravity Bar’ at the Guiness Brewery. At least there you can see the liberties and some of Pheonix Park. I, for one, would not pay to see the docklands at 80m, i can barely stomach it at 0m…
Maybe DCC should enter the race so and announce an eye in the Phoenix Park!
That would definitely be my favourite location for one. You might be able to see the Giraffes from it! Imagine that!@Cathal Dunne wrote:
I think we should build this eye in the centre of the IFSC – to keep manners on those bankers!
Maybe the watch tower will be like that one day! (or NLMA HQ)
What’s going on with NLMA? I want to see some detailed balance sheetsMr Lenihan was speaking at the publication of the annual report of the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA), which said Nama may be classified as being outside the government sector with liabilities held “off balance sheet”. He said he hoped the Nama scheme would not prove to be a “happy hunting ground” for lawyers.
I’ve been wanting a chessboard for a long time…
It’d be nice if you’d credit the photos you post here, or at least tell us the location/event.
http://www.londondesignfestival.com
Jaime Hayón
Site specific installation designed by Jaime Hayon for London Design Festival 2009The concept for this innovative and dynamic art installation to be exhibited in Trafalgar Square during the 2009 London Design Festival is inspired by English culture and its symbolism.
‘The Tournament’ is a giant chess game situated between the two fountains and faces the staircase of the National Portrait Gallery. During the Festival the public can sign up to play through the Festival website and prizes will be awarded to the winners.
Artist / designer Jaime Hayon portrays his perception of codes and ideas using the chessboard and its elements as a tool to recreate a theatrical and playful interactive scenography of English history and tradition.
I’m such a philistine – here was me thinking it was a giant chessboard like you used to get at holiday camps until even they realised they were old hat. I must read more
@GregF wrote:
But sure we always end up copying the Brits.
And I agree, there is S.F.A. to see down there………..except grey skies.
A while back I had occasion to be on the roof of the PWC HQ (long, boring story). Whilst there’s not (m)any landmarks as such the panorama is actually very nice. Assuming this yoke will be much higher then I don’t think it would be a disappointment. there’s bugger all to see in Belfast but it’s still an enjoyable jaunt
@rumpelstiltskin wrote:
What about a giant pyramid structure, but with only two sides made from clear glass. Each side would stand on each side of the Liffey, meeting in the middle where the capstone of the pyramid would contain an observation deck and an exhibition about the history of all kinds of pyramids.
How about a scale model of a jumbo jet turned sideways, containing an exhibition relating to the history of aviation in Ireland, with the observation deck in the cockpit.
How about a giant Newton’s cradle, with the two spheres at each end slowly lifting into the air in turn to provide panoramic views of the city. All five spheres would contain a science museum.
Brilliant.
Our capital city deserves real balls.
Something Dublin lacks at the moment
It could only be better than that heap of balls outside Brussels.
On a serious note, is there really anything wrong with just conceiving some apparently wacky idea and using the docklands as a testing ground for it? I mean, the area is completely dead and architecturally undistinguished anyway. Do we have to be so maddeningly portentous about our public spaces to the point where anything moderately risky is immediately disregarded? This is a nation famous for its sense of humour and its resistance to symbols of authority, so why not represent that spirit by just going crazy and turning the docklands into a laboratory for every nutjob architect out there? The rule from now on should be: no Zaha Hadid, no Norman Foster, no Santiago Calatrava, and nothing that has already been done anywhere else.
portentous?
possibly.
‘A great wheel will fill the gael of Eblana with awe and shock’
The Bible (somewhere in the back)
@marmajam wrote:
portentous?
possibly.
‘A great wheel will fill the gael of Eblana with awe and shock’
The Bible (somewhere in the back)
I simply mean that people have this really nervous attitude to new architecture in Dublin, like unimaginative undergraduates awed by established names. The most interesting students are the ones that challenge and tear up the orthodoxy. Dublin is so stymied by the fear of getting it wrong, that it does nothing right. It’s simply chugging along 10 years behind the consensus like most other cities in the world. Doesn’t it say something about the docklands that the most effective development so far is a Calatrava bridge which is an exact clone of about ten others around the world?
@rumpelstiltskin wrote:
I simply mean that people have this really nervous attitude to new architecture in Dublin, like unimaginative undergraduates awed by established names. The most interesting students are the ones that challenge and tear up the orthodoxy. Dublin is so stymied by the fear of getting it wrong, that it does nothing right. It’s simply chugging along 10 years behind the consensus like most other cities in the world. Doesn’t it say something about the docklands that the most effective development so far is a Calatrava bridge which is an exact clone of about ten others around the world?
(1) we’re not good at visual arts.
(2) we’re a bit insular and conservative
(3) we have an attitude that authorities are screwing usthat’s the A to Z of it. Anything else said would be padding.
Salvation might come if a genius incarnates and designs another Four Courts or Guggenheim Bibao for Eblana. Then the outraged of D4 might get a mad taste for the original.In the meantime we’ll have to get our inspiration from plays about feuds and matyrs in romantic Oirland.
On second thoughts, how about that Cable Car idea?
How about putting a few more landmarks about to look at.
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