“When we try to pick out anything by itself,
we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.”
— John Muir
Posts Tagged ‘nature’
Wonder Wednesday
November 7, 2018
Wonder Wednesday
September 19, 2018The not-always-quite-that-majestic wonder of nature…
(Alternate title: “If things don’t feel like they’re going your way, look upon this, laugh, and re-centre!”)
Architecture Monday
September 10, 2018
There’s a beautiful simplicity here, with inspiration from that of a large tent, open to all sides and to all visitors, casting its gaze out onto the grand vista that surrounds it while at the same time crafting an intimate experience.
The experience begins along the approach, the area being delineated by a fence of unconnected posts. From there, the nicely sculpted wedge opens upward and outward, framing the landscape and, in a similar vein to Tadao Ando’s Church on the Water, towards the single cross that juts up from beyond. It is both simple and powerfully elegant, rendered even more so in the dawn and dusk hours. At night, a single bulb suspended over the altar hovers like a star. A channel of water runs down the middle, connecting both entrances.
The inky black zinc that covers the roof separates the building without overpowering its surroundings. All else is made of natural wood or stone. There is high drama here, but it is rooted in and of its place.
Very well done, a small intervention with a big impact. A locus of tranquility for introspection without losing sight of the world that forever surrounds us.
Wonder Wednesday
August 22, 2018This is truly something remarkable: art, made from nothing but rice plants. No dies or trickery here, these are honest to earth productive rice fields that serve as canvases to be transformed each year into giant illustrations.
Even more remarkable, the images are distorted (through anamorphic projection) to be properly viewed from the tops of nearby hills and buildings.
Seen from space!
Awesome stuff.
Here’s a great bonus video:
