The Weather Channel June 15 2019
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Notre Dame Fire Reconstruction Ideas Include a Rooftop Swimming Pool
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In the wake of the heart-wrenching blaze that destroyed the roof and famed spire at Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral last month, French authorities said it would launch an international competition to design a new spire. One architectural firm says to forget the roof and spire and build a rooftop swimming pool instead.
Stockholm-based Ulf Mejergren Architects (UMA) are proposing a giant, cross-shaped swimming pool that would span the entire roof of the cathedral, creating a "new meditative public space."
"We think that the cathedral looks much better without both the spire and the led-clad roof. Instead we let the bell towers, the flying buttresses and the rose windows do the talking," the firm said in a press release.
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This type of design reads as a good idea for Baptist churches...
Maybe even for Mennonites...
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CBC June 15 2019
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And today, a Swedish firm that specializes in whimsical designs has unveiled its bid to place a public swimming pool atop Notre-Dame's roof.
We are proposing a meditative public space; a complementary spatial experience to the building with unmatched views over Paris," says the pitch on the company's website, promising to let the original bell towers and rose windows "do the talking."
