Is The Spike crooked?

Kone

I was travelling down O'Connell Street on the bus and the Spire/Spike appears to be slighty crooked after the the thrid section..........

Has anyone else noticed this or is it just me??

BioHazRd

I think it is because the spire is designed to be flexible in the wind. I presume the top just seems to be leaning a little to one side, depending on the strength / direction of the wind.

Bio

Praetorian

I think it’s perfectly straight. Although, at certain angles it does look crooked. I don't think its designed to move in the wind, like the sky scrapers. It’s just human perception!

Gordon

I thought it was slightly bent north/south while looking at it from the east or west.

BioHazRd

Originally posted by Praetorian
I think it’s perfectly straight. Although, at certain angles it does look crooked. I don't think its designed to move in the wind, like the sky scrapers. It’s just human perception!

Go to http://www.stunned.org/spike.htm and I am sure you will see that I am right.

So there........:p

Bio

Sposs

Originally posted by Praetorian
I don't think its designed to move in the wind, like the sky scrapers. It’s just human perception!

Skyscrapers are designed to move in the wind,slightly of course,some skyscrapers in Japan can move as much as 1 meter during an Earthquake without collapsing.

Mercury

The upper part of the monument's will gentle sway in direct response to the wind reflecting the character of its climate, landscape and people. The monument's tip will sway up to a maximum of 2.5m under 30 year return extreme wind loading.

oneweb

I've thought that from the top of O'Connell Street (Parnell St end, othr ppl call the top the Liffey end, but that's another thread entirely!) that it looks straight, on one side. The left side looks like it's at 90 degrees to the ground (the right at >90), meaning that the tip of the spike wouldn't be centred on the centre of the base.

The white light shining through part of it makes it look like it's broken :P

CuLT

I think you're all looking at it crooked...

SoundWave

could also be the refraction thats goin on with the glass on the bus window and the angle you were looking at it (angle of incidence or somthin)??????

Zukustious

Spire looks straight to me. I'd say they made a huge effort to keep it straight to avoid sex jokes from the general public.

pclancy

feckin waste of money if you ask me. its great to know our government can spend money on that but not run a decent public transport, health and education systems.

Dont think its bent though!

pclancy

also maybe its the nationalist in me but shouldnt it have been designed in ireland rather then London?

DMT

Originally posted by BioHazRd
Go to http://www.stunned.org/spike.htm and I am sure you will see that I am right.

One word: "optical illusion" *

* I am full aware this is not one word.