On 16 feb, 07:21, JuanElorza wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:54:41 -0800, didier Meurgues wrote :
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> > On 10 f=E9v, 12:53, rmaes wrote:
> >> Visiting Paris last year and strolling through LaDefense, there are
> >> lot's of architectural testimonials on display. One low-key (but high-
> >> rise) entry is the Areva Tower (formerly a.k.a the Framatome a.k.a Fiat=
> >> Tower). The story goes that it was build with a geometry showing
> >>entasis, as classical greek columns have. (Columns demonstrating
> >>entasis, have a slight (almost unnoticeable) curve, so that the base of
> >> the column is wider than the top.Entasismakes columns pleasing to
> >> look at because it seems natural that things closer to the ground will
> >> be thicker than what soars above the ground. (Also, paradoxically,
> >> columns that were absolutely straight would appear to us as curved or
> >> tilted, so the curvature helps make them look straight, from our
> >> perspective.)
>
> >> Can someone confirm this ?
>
> The windows widen with the altitude.http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_Arev=
a
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> quote : It takes the form of a black parallelepiped. Its frontage is
> covered with dark granite, its windows are smoked and widen with altitude
> to limit the effect height. The architects would have been inspired by
> the monoliths presented in the film 2001 odissey of space of Stanley
> Kubrick.
>
>
>
> > ask there :
> >http://www.skysc.rcity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=3D787
Thanks for the replies. They answered the question (and showed that i
was wrong about the 'entasis'. It's quite the opposite. The tower
indeed widens (i.o. narrowing) to counter the perspective effect.
Raf |