Invasive species

We all know the danger of dumping non-native house plants, (like Japanese knot weed,) or pets, (like cats,) into the landscape
but nobody warned us about dumping IKEA lampshades. Here is a wooden one that has gone completely wild without supervision.
Still the city has made the best of it, concealing its origin and changing its function from lampshade to sunshade and hence calling it the Metropol Parasol. And charging 3 Euros to crawl over it.
Here is the fantastic spin the city fathers put on it:
"Intended as a Guggenhein Bilbao-type landmark, to put Seville on the contemporary architecture map, this extraordinary, flowing structure (known locally as Las Setas, the mushrooms) consists of six huge linked parasols made of waffle-type criss-crossed wooden beams - it is said to be the world's largest timber-framed structure. Metropol Parasol's trademark amorphous shape can be seen reflected in every detail of the development, from the curvy benches to the sinuous flowerbeds. The parasols, which measure 150x70m in total, took six years to build, and cost a reported 123 million euros."
I dont believe a word of it.Read more