A small concrete chapel built by local farmers on the edge of a field.
Concrete is cast around a group of 120 tree trunks, cut at a local forest, and then slowly burned.
The meticulous arrangement of the trees teardrop or leaf created the oculus
that provides the only direct light to the small dark space.In order to design buildings with a sensuous connection to life,
one must think in a way that goes far beyond form and construction.
This concept rings true in the design of Peter Zumthor to the Bruder Klaus Field Chapel,
where a mystical and intimate interior that invites reflection, is masked by a very rigid rectangular outer .
Concrete is cast around a group of 120 tree trunks, cut at a local forest, and then slowly burned.
The meticulous arrangement of the trees teardrop or leaf created the oculus
that provides the only direct light to the small dark space.In order to design buildings with a sensuous connection to life,
one must think in a way that goes far beyond form and construction.
This concept rings true in the design of Peter Zumthor to the Bruder Klaus Field Chapel,
where a mystical and intimate interior that invites reflection, is masked by a very rigid rectangular outer .
Bangkok was once cinema city with dozens of stand-alone, big-screen picture palaces.
They have faded away, replaced by cineplexes in malls.
Also gone are artworks, as epic as the movies they advertised,
which were hand-painted from publicity photos to decorate every cinema marquee in the nation.
Siam Square had a trio of those theatres, the Siam, Lido and Scala.
The Siam (1966) was destroyed by arson during political unrest in 2010.
The Lido (1968) was reconfigured as a cineplex. The Scala is untouched by change.
Its name recalls La Scala opera house in Milan. It is a unique architectural spectacle.
The exterior style is a flamboyant modernism with columns flowering in vaulted sections
which continue inside in an array of fan-like vaulting below the roof slab.
The split-level foyer, day lit from an open-air vestibule and double-height windows with Gothic tracery,
dissolves in a spatial and decorative montage of retro chic that is more glamorous than anything in Siam Square's hipster hangouts.
A five-tier chandelier like a stalactite hangs among the columns and lotus-like rosettes.
The auditorium is announced by a bas-relief like a story board featuring performing arts.
They have faded away, replaced by cineplexes in malls.
Also gone are artworks, as epic as the movies they advertised,
which were hand-painted from publicity photos to decorate every cinema marquee in the nation.
Siam Square had a trio of those theatres, the Siam, Lido and Scala.
The Siam (1966) was destroyed by arson during political unrest in 2010.
The Lido (1968) was reconfigured as a cineplex. The Scala is untouched by change.
Its name recalls La Scala opera house in Milan. It is a unique architectural spectacle.
The exterior style is a flamboyant modernism with columns flowering in vaulted sections
which continue inside in an array of fan-like vaulting below the roof slab.
The split-level foyer, day lit from an open-air vestibule and double-height windows with Gothic tracery,
dissolves in a spatial and decorative montage of retro chic that is more glamorous than anything in Siam Square's hipster hangouts.
A five-tier chandelier like a stalactite hangs among the columns and lotus-like rosettes.
The auditorium is announced by a bas-relief like a story board featuring performing arts.
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