The Spike
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Yes I’ve looked at page 50 and on seeing the
pics I can only say that it looks beter than I had expected after reading some of the comments on the base designs. I’ll look forward to seeing it again, probably after the official opening.Does anyone know if the red light at the top is permanent, it couldn’t be, could it ?
Take a look at pre-spike photos of O’Connell street and you begin to miss that soaring steel rod.
Originally posted by merriman mick
Does anyone know if the red light at the top is permanent, it couldn’t be, could it ?
No, temporary.
I think the bottom section stands out because it has been covered for so long. If they clean the whole lot (or wait ’till it gets as dirty as the rest) I think it will be ok. I like the reflective part although I have to admit the transition to the undecorated part is a bit sudden!!
The pattern looks like a mistake from a distance, and waiting for the previously wrapped bit to match the dirt on the rest is not good enough!
So much for ‘self cleaning’!
And I thought most of the base finish was going to be mirrored, not just the tiny area that is patterned. If I bought this in a shop, I’d be looking for my money back.
We’ve been conned!Walking in the district yesterday I couldn’t help but notice that the “stainless steel” is rapidly becoming a dull grey, even more rapidly than I imagined. The colour is darker than a rain sodden cloud. I seem to remember talk about reflecting the sky and envrionmental conditions. The sky was bright blue and the pole is becoming even darker than the lamposts it starting to resemble. I realise that there will be immediatly comments about how wonderful it is from Ringsend, form Ranelagh, from south side. But half of Dublin faces it from the north, and it remains in constant shadow. I suspect that uv radiation hitting the southern aspect will be vastly different from the northern side. This will result in a assymetrical tonal shift from south to north or vice versa.
seen the base at the weekend and it aint in the flesh or the steel as it appears on the pictures i have seen
Is the Spire bending slightly eastwards at the top?
There was story in the paper on this – the excuse is given as either a) we’re all thick … or b) it’s bending according to the wind, and it’s allowed tolerances for sway.
Any news on the internal lighting anyone?
I’m worried I’ll be dead & buried before its finally installed.This really is shaping up to be the most appropriate marker of what were Dublin’s millenium celebrations………
I can’t wait for the Millennium… its going to be brilliant!!!
I saw the Spire in the flesh at the weekend, and I didnt think the design on the base was all that bad but the nonsensical layout bollards at the end was a puzzle as was the obvious grime and dirt of the Spire.
So I have to agree the Spire has definately worked out as the perfect symbol of this city in the 21st Century. Aspires to be so much but at the end of it is just a dirty and chaotic mess.
I heard that the same project engineer is working on the spike as started the Gaudi cathederal in Barcelona. He says he will pop over to finish the spike when he is finished over there.
a more laid-back spike….
http://www.parkwest.ie/images/PW%20spike%20sculpture.jpg
makes the spire look a bit stressed.
I’ve often seen that sculpture from the M50, it looks really well, contrasting with the clean lines of surrounding buildings.
It looks as if the repaving of O’Connell Street is getting under way now……Alot of the pavements are sectioned off. They will probably leave the inaugural ceremony of the Spire and indeed the revamped street itself till this is all done or well most of it……which would be logical I suppose.
I’ve been following this thread for quite a while now without commenting, and i find the see-sawing of opinions to be really quite humourous. People here are obviously very passionate about the project, whether for or against it, but going from complete enthusiasm directly to utter disgust after the pattern on the bottom was revealed seems like an extreme reaction.
Ive seen similar reactions in posts relating to other buildings or projects here where the majority have detested it while being built only to warm to it once it was completed, and i think we should all learn to be a little cautious in commenting on the spire until it is complete, ready to be judged and hopefully sparkling.
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