Gijs Van Vaerenbergh, a collaboration between young Belgian architects Pieterjan Gijs and Arnout Van Vaerenbergh, have built a see-through church in the Belgian region of Haspengouw. The church is a part of the Z-OUT project of Z33, house for contemporary art based in Hasselt, Belgium.
The church is 10 meters high and is made of 100 layers and 2000 columns of steel. Depending on the perspective of the viewer, the church is either perceived as a massive building or seems to dissolve – partly or entirely – in the landscape. On the other hand, looking at the landscape from within the church, the surrounding countryside is redefined by abstract lines.
The design of the church is based on the architecture of the multitude of churches in the region, but through the use of horizontal plates, the concept of the traditional church is transformed into a transparent object of art.
(via architectureblog)
I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW WE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WHEN PEOPLE DON’T KNOW HOW TO SPELL SOMETHING THEY DON’T STOP AND THINK, “HEY, MAYBE I SHOULD TYPE THAT INTO MY CONVENIENTLY LOCATED GOOGLE SEARCH BAR OR (GOD FORBID) PICK UP A DICTIONARY,” BUT INSTEAD JUST MERRILY SMACK AWAY AT THEIR KEYBOARDS AND GO, “AH, FUCK IT. I’LL JUST WING IT.”
YOU CAN’T ‘WING’ SPELLING. YOU CAN, HOWEVER, ‘WING’ LOOKING LIKE AN ILLITERATE.
In 20 minutes I have to write a History of Design midterm on Steve Jobs. I have been studying his design method and entrepreneurism all semester, but I am just now looking over his biography on Wikipedia and I’m almost crying. What an amazing story.
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I feel like if I had a library in my house, this is what it would need to look like.
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