Objections Raised As Solar Death Ray Defused

[athelind]

Disney Concert Hall to Lose Some Luster
(Thanks to BoingBoing)It seems the Walt Disney Concert Hall has a lovely parabolic curve on the front surface, lined with gleaming, polished steel plates. As a result, beams of searing heat get focused on the sidewalk in front of the building and the condos across the street, giving pedestrians sunburns,

Comments

[drauh]

well, i have my doubts that gehry's building is actually a parabolic reflector like that solar furnace. sure, it will cause some focussing of light, but not to the extent of the furnace. regardless, it should have been something that was spotted sometime in the design phase (or whatever architects and structural engineers do).

[athelind]

Well, yeah. That's why there are reports of "sunburn" and not "spontaneous human combustion".

[pavel_lishin]

The only thing funnier than the post is that comment. :P

[foomf]

Yes... in my "punishment fit the crime" world, the architect gets to sit at the focal points for a week. Without sunglasses.

Let's see how his artistic vision handles that.