Notice that he is writing in the future tense, in an article written 12 years ago. The accurate and informed report from the Playhouse themselves makes clear that no problems have in fact been experienced.
Chris
Next para in the Guardian article.
"To combat the risk, a sun screen 7.5m long and 4.5m high is be erected on the Playhouse roof, and measurements will taken through the year to plot the sun's movements. Once the problem has been assessed, a less obtrusive retractable screen will be installed above the main entrance, to avoid detracting from the sculpture."
Which implies that problems haven't been experienced because measures were taken to mitigate them.
How do you know that the Playhouse article is either informed or accurate, it is a PR piece.
I'm inclined to trust the calculations of the consultant employed to analyse the risk, his quoted statement is that the risk occurs during a short window in time and only on certain dates. During that time there needs to be a worst case combination of circumstances for a problem to manifest itself and so far it appears that there has not been a catastrophic occurrence. During that time I wonder if anyone has noticed that the paint of the window frames of the bar doesn't seem to last very long or that the blinds or curtains seem badly faded but no-one has linked cause and effect.
Hopefully they wont be reminded of the potential problem between 6 & 8am on some particularly bright midsummer day when a paper ornament, display or sign in the bar goes up in smoke, setting the building on fire.
Just expressing an alternative view.
ISTR the buildings were designed to look like the old Sperry [Univac] logo.
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Remind me not to fly Virgin when the moon is in Aquarius and Venus aligns with Mars.
Shhesh.Its OK if a building only catches fire every alternate Thursday, a nuclear power station only blows up on Sunday 5th of August? My operating system will only crash on the third Monday of every month?
En el artículo , fred escribió:
So a carpet in a shop within the focus of the concentrated beam burning up almost to the point of catching fire isn't catastrophic? Idiot.
What's more disturbing is that the architect, Rafael Viñoly, had similar problems with another building he designed 3 years ago (the Vdara hotel in Las Vegas). Seems he doesn't learn from his mistakes.
or perhaps he does.
In article , Mike Tomlinson writes
If you had bothered to read all of the thread you may have realised that this branch is discussing an entirely different installation of a parabolic mirrored artwork made some 12 years ago at the Nottingham Playhouse. I have been countering the previous poster's suggestion that the absence of a serious incident in those 12 years indicated that it was safe.
I was agreeing with the expert consultant employed by the theatre who cautioned that the mirror could represent a major fire hazard and was suggesting that they had merely been lucky that the exact combination of circumstances required to cause a catastrophic incident had not yet occurred but I don't suppose you bothered to read either of the linked articles to gain some context before you spouted forth.
Perhaps when you have sobered up or otherwise come to your senses you may wish to revise your hasty comments?
No need for blinds just wrap it in tyvek
And then it would be an art installtion.
You do know the reflectivity of tyvek? (I don't know if you are just being funny.)
Just use the target area for solar powered charging stations for electric cars. Job done.
Do Jaguar make any solar powered cars? Yet?
On the Golden Mile, Brentford - the only trace I can find of what used to be there is the map on this page
And on maps.google it's now a small housing development.
Directly opposite there is a pair of curved buildings - are those the ones you mean? The Sperry building is long gone and the curved building was put up by Samsung, according to that.
This one? url:
In article , Grimly Curmudgeon writes
It shows on the satellite view on Google Maps just south of the junction of the A406 North Circular Road with the A404 Harrow Road-Brentfield
In article , Grimly Curmudgeon writes
No;about 2 or 3 miles to the NNE of the building your reference points to.
Aha! Nowhere near where I was looking...
Ah yes - between the A404 and the Bakerloo line. I had been wondering about it, too, since the original URL landed on the Hanger Lane Gyratory, and I didn't broaden my search wuite enough.
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