cardboard cathedral

(the original church after the earthquake)

cardboard cathedral by architects shigeru ban. christchurch, new zealand. 

just over two years after the crippling 6.3 magnitude earthquake that ravished the new zealand town of christchurch, shigeru ban's cardboard cathedral is officially open to the public. with an expected lifespan of 50 years, the temporary cathedral will serve as a replacement for the city's iconic 1864 anglican cathedral - one of christchurch's most prized landmarks - until a more permanent structure is built.

the cardboard cathedral, constructed as a simple a-frame structure from 98 equally sized cardboard tubes & 8 steel shipping containers, is said to be one of the safest, earthquake-proof buildings in christchurch. aside from the building's structural integrity, each paper tube is coated with polyurethane & flame retardants while protected by a semi-transparent, polycarbonate roof.

cistercian abbey church

cistercian abbey church by cunningham architects. irwin, littlefield, texas, usa.

chapel in the woods

chapel in the woods by studio zermani e associati. parma, province of parma, italy.  an existential atheist in love with churches....go figure.

chapel schaufeljoch

chapel schaufeljoch by ao architekten. stubai glacier, tyrol, austria.

san giovanni church

san giovanni church by studio zermani e associati. perugia, italy.

reading between the lines

reading between the lines is a project by gijs van vaerenbergh, a collaboration between belgian architects pieterjan gijs & arnout van vaerenbergh.  reading between the lines in part of 'pit', an artistic trajectory with works by ten artists in the region of borgloon-heers in the flemish province of limburg.

'pit' will be the first part of the exhibition project Z-OUT, an initiative in which Z33, the comtemporary art museum of the city of hasselt, presents art is public spaces. 

this piece is based on the design of the local church & consists of 30 tons of steel & 2000 columns & is built on a fundament of armed concrete. through the use of horizontal plates, the concept of the traditional church is transformed into a transparent object of art.

chapel of the intercession

chapel of the intercession by RdsBrothers.  voronkov, kiev region, ukraine.