Chapel within a church, constructed by Russian architectural consortium bornhouse in the San Stae church for the Venice Biennale. Luminous, simple design well-suited for a free standing structure as well. There is a video of the grid-based construction at the link.
I believe these are laser-cut wood panels...I'm interested in how this sort of delicate screening effect could be applied to the monolithic expanses of steel and glass seen so often in American church construction.
Very nice indeed.
ReplyDeletePlate glass or steel, or almost any other material can be cut with a water jet cutter. It operates much like the laser cutter that cut these wood panels, but with high pressure water that can penetrate 8 inch thick steel or 12 inch thick aluminum. Why do I know this....I run an architectural model studio in an architecture school. You've just given me some good ideas...
This a spectacular installation. I love it!
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