I don't know, I'm not catholic. I've been inside a few catholic churches though and I'm trying to remember. Maybe I just don't remember the light because there's other color from stained glass and stuff so the contrast isn't so stark?
It's usually a candle encased in red glass, or a small red light. There usually are other dim lights in the sanctuary, and the sanctuary is usually placed to the side and not as prominently as in this church.
I think having just the red light fits the aesthetic of the church.
I dislike monochromatic looks and stark angles, so I think brutalism is pretty much always going to be a miss for me unless it's COVERED in plants for some color and curves.
Oh yes the red light has got to go! But the starkness of the bare stone contrasted with natural light, low light greenery, and water would be quite relaxing. I am also talking less about a church but more of a communal space for meditation and relaxation.
I dunno, I'm looking at the picture and there are pretty massive vertical gaps between horizontal "shelves" and it doesn't look like there are any at the top. You could have some kind of trailing greenery draping from the shelves, but most of it is only getting covered with climbing vines, which are going to degrade the concrete.
Fair enough, but I think there would have to be A LOT of greenery to get me to see this as anything but stark and joyless.
Getting rid of the red light would help too. Right now it looks very sinister to me.
Isn't the red light in the sanctuary of every catholic church?
I don't know, I'm not catholic. I've been inside a few catholic churches though and I'm trying to remember. Maybe I just don't remember the light because there's other color from stained glass and stuff so the contrast isn't so stark?
It's usually a candle encased in red glass, or a small red light. There usually are other dim lights in the sanctuary, and the sanctuary is usually placed to the side and not as prominently as in this church.
I think having just the red light fits the aesthetic of the church.
I really like it.
I dislike monochromatic looks and stark angles, so I think brutalism is pretty much always going to be a miss for me unless it's COVERED in plants for some color and curves.
Oh yes the red light has got to go! But the starkness of the bare stone contrasted with natural light, low light greenery, and water would be quite relaxing. I am also talking less about a church but more of a communal space for meditation and relaxation.
I dunno, I'm looking at the picture and there are pretty massive vertical gaps between horizontal "shelves" and it doesn't look like there are any at the top. You could have some kind of trailing greenery draping from the shelves, but most of it is only getting covered with climbing vines, which are going to degrade the concrete.