Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Cupola
I've taken a picture of one of my favorite apartment buildings in Paris. It's one of my favorites because it has a cupola, a dome shaped structure on top. One of the best things about the Parisian architecture, as far as I'm concerned, is the interesting shapes you find.
Most of the corner building have rounded edges. Some older building come to a point at the corner expanding in the shape of a triangle. I always wonder what you do with such a narrow room. Yesterday I found a building that actually looks like an undulating wave on the roof. I almost couldn't take my eyes off the building. These buildings just don't seem practical, but maybe that is why they are so interesting.
But this neighborhood building with the cupola occupies my imagination every day I pass it. The cupola room must be immense. I understand that usually the cupola rooms are not divided, they are just big circular rooms.
How would you arrange your furniture or paintings when there are no flat walls? What would you use the room for? The kids play room? The Bedroom? A fitness room (you'd want to go to the exercise room to regard the views of Paris each morning). My mind wanders at the possibility.
I liked the way the light was hitting the building the other day, so I took a picture.
-- said Auntie M in Paris
7:36 PM
Re: your preceding post about language: I was told in a college linguistics class that as young children (pre-puberty), we learn languages with one part of our brain, while after approximately age 11 to 13, we use a completely physically different part of the brain. At the older age, language is learned in the same way as a skill like math, and uses that part of the brain. How great that your kids are learning so much, and that your so supportive!
-Jecca (http://jecca.typepad.com)
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-Jecca
# posted by Anonymous : 8:03 PM
Welcome to the blog. Thank you for the comments. I always enjoy hearing from people. You had me really worried because I thought you were saying I wrote your when it should have been you're! It's easy to make mistakes, especially if you are writing something quick. I make mistakes on comments because I can't spell check. Regarding the language thing... the kids do seem to enjoy and absorb languages but I understand from other parents, that they lose it pretty quick too. Ugh!
CMAC, The building is on Georges Mandel. There's another one near Passy that I love too.
# posted by Auntie M in Paris : 8:46 PM
I could not figure how one moved in and out of these buildings - the inner stairways were so narrow. It was not until I witnessed people moving their things through the front windows through "lifts/cranes". My son's host family (in Paris) laughed at me for being so intrigued by this method of moving and taking pictures. Is this still a new way of moving to you also?
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