Rah vie!

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(pôsters em A3 - email me: raissagm@hotmail.com)

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(pôsters em A3 - email me: raissagm@hotmail.com)

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(pôsters em A3 - email me: raissagm@hotmail.com)

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Tu es la personne la plus spécial de ma vie

Plus important que le soleil et la pluie

Et plus belle q’un sourrir!

De manière gentil je te dis aujour’hui:

Merci beaucoup pour la personne que

tu m’a fais devenir!

[primeiros anos de Alliance Française - 08/05/2005]

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Tomei um susto quando li isso no The Gardian hoje - Foi anunciado o vencedor do projeto de redesign da Torre Eiffel, que será executado próximo ano em comemoração ao seu 120º aniversário.

Pára tudo. Pois é. Olhem só até onde chega a ambição capitalista: vão colocar essa plataforma ai em cima pra dobrar a área do mirante, dobrando o número de visitantes e claro, o dinheiro que eles pagarão pra subir. O design inovador da plataforma não deve ser desmerecido, mas sim o contexto em que ela está inserida. Seria radical demais adicionar um elemento desse porte ao projeto original, ferindo todo o conceito de séculos que a estrutura da torre traz em si, e descaracterizando a tão clássica forma que a tornou mundialmente conhecida e admirada.

Eu acredito e apóio sim o novo, mas defendo ainda mais a preservação e principalmente o respeito às obras arquitetônicas do passado. Com tantas outras maneiras de se comemorar seu aniversário, por que escolher uma tão desnecessária, exclusiva e cara? Só quem vai usufruir é quem tem muito euro no bolso. Coitado do Gustave lá no céu deve tá à beira de um ataque de nervos…

Pois bem, só nos resta esperar que venham os protestos…Abaixo ao coador de café!

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New look for Eiffel Tower

• Sean Dodson
• Monday March 24 2008

Serero Architects’ 120th anniversary redesign

The elegant, tapering signature of the Eiffel Tower is to be reshaped, altering the skyline of Paris, in time for the structure’s 120th anniversary next year, the Société d’exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (Sete) has just announced.

Serero Architects of Paris has won the competition to redesign the structure’s public viewing platform and reception areas. The winning design (above), which will be 276 metres (905ft) above the ground, will not require any permanent modification of the existing structure. It will double the capacity of the public viewing area on the tower’s top floor.

The new platform will be bolted onto the tower using a web of Kevlar, an extremely strong and lightweight carbon fibre used in the construction of racing cars and body armour. The new platform will use a cantilevered design similar to the way that an aircraft’s wings are attached to the fuselage.

The design is already causing controversy, with critics questioning the wisdom of tinkering with the famous silhouette and spending money on upgrading a tourist attraction which attracts 6.9 million visitors a year.

In a statement, a spokesperson for Sete explained that the plan to restructure the top of the tower aims to increase the quality of access. Average waiting times for the tower’s elevators currently run at more than an hour at peak times.

Gustave Eiffel designed the tower as a temporary structure for the 1889 World’s Fair. Initially rejected by the French public, it is now the most visited fee-charging monument in the world.

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Step 1: draw lines, circles and arches to form the letters

Step 2: hatching

Step 3: bringing them to life by writing a poem:

[click to zoom it]

Oh boy, good times when we could still play on it…!

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You Are a Cappuccino

You’re fun, outgoing, and you love to try anything new. However, you tend to have strong opinions on what you like. You are a total girly girly at heart - and prefer your coffee with good conversation. You’re the type that seems complex to outsiders, but in reality, you are easy to please.

What Kind of Coffee Girl Are You?

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Por que todos nós a respiramos sem saber.

[História da Arte, Luiz Alphonsos]

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