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,

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[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".

[drleo]

I read the article. Yeah, the woman from New Jersey is a big damn idiot. I wonder if she'd be so generous if a TV station had a microwave transmitter aimed right at her kitchen.

[mythos_amante]

Thank you for this post! That is effing funny!

[ceruleanst]

Gee, it's the only surface of the building with such a reflective finish? If it weren't Disney, I might pause before going so far as to suggest that maybe someone knew full well this "mistake" would bring some built-in publicity.

[susandeer]

Similarities? Yeah, they're both butt-ugly! @:D