Lots of concrete haters in the comments. I find that the concrete, being simplistic and raw, brings out the beauty of the shape here and really lets it shine.
This reminds me a lot of exploring rocks in New England. NH and VT mountains ripped apart by glaciers leave incredible formations you can peer at the sky through.
I think it's quite beautiful. I bet the acoustics really rock in that space.
And yeah the bare naked concrete is not necessarily the prettiest but it is showing the true nature of the structure. Not covering it up and accepting it as it is could be seen as a way of connecting more to inner nature. I may be stretching a bit here?
Half my family is catholic and the other half Protestant, so i go from overdecorated to underdecorated regularly. Although the Protestant ones often have color lights and maybe a disco ball if they're feeling it.
Are you under the impression that naked concrete is always brutalism?
Usually that's a pretty safe assumption. The term Brutalism comes from the French "Béton brut" which means "raw concrete". This building mixes raw concrete with sculptural geometric forms and heavy, imposing scale — absolutely textbook example of brutalism.
Church of San Giovanni Battista has been one of Mario's better works. Not really concrete but the way he engages the beams is really something notable.
The light and the impression of parted masses are great. But I don't see it as a liberating space - the human/architecture scale reminds me of Pirenisi's 'Imaginery Prisons'.
Lots of concrete haters in the comments. I find that the concrete, being simplistic and raw, brings out the beauty of the shape here and really lets it shine.
I want to hear this room
This reminds me a lot of exploring rocks in New England. NH and VT mountains ripped apart by glaciers leave incredible formations you can peer at the sky through.
To me, this imitates nature beautifully.
Can't say why but it makes me want to whip out my skateboard.
I like the angles and the glass and the light. Bare concrete not so much.
it looks like a screenshot from evangelion
Nothing expresses God’s love quite like depressing gray brutalist monoliths, right?
It’s a cool design I guess, but maybe not for a church.
I think it's quite beautiful. I bet the acoustics really rock in that space.
And yeah the bare naked concrete is not necessarily the prettiest but it is showing the true nature of the structure. Not covering it up and accepting it as it is could be seen as a way of connecting more to inner nature. I may be stretching a bit here?
It's exactly what it should be for a church - simple, but beautiful in its simplicity. Down to earth, no distractions, just you and God.
Half my family is catholic and the other half Protestant, so i go from overdecorated to underdecorated regularly. Although the Protestant ones often have color lights and maybe a disco ball if they're feeling it.
Ever been outside?
Like - in the mountains? Where rocks are?
Are you seriously trying to compare flat concrete walls to natural stone formations as if they’re the same? Lmao.
It does exactly what church architecture strives to do, draws the eye skyward.
What makes you think this is brutalism? Are you under the impression that naked concrete is always brutalism?
You can tell it’s brutalism because of the way it is.
#Iunderstoodthatreference
That's pretty neat.
Ehrm. No. That’s not how it works.
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
Usually that's a pretty safe assumption. The term Brutalism comes from the French "Béton brut" which means "raw concrete". This building mixes raw concrete with sculptural geometric forms and heavy, imposing scale — absolutely textbook example of brutalism.
The term “brutalism” had been in use for years before it became associated with, equally, the French terms “art brut” and “béton brut”.
You see the cross right?
It reminds me of a texture in SM64
i spent 99% of The Brutalist thinking i could visit his chapel in PA.
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Church of San Giovanni Battista has been one of Mario's better works. Not really concrete but the way he engages the beams is really something notable.
i fuck with the concrete myself.
but uhh... what we doing if the sun isn't shining? busting out the fuckin candles and oil lamps or...?
Control vibes
I am fortunate to work in a Botta building, and it is stunning from every angle.
but it's also confusing as hell to navigate, even after a decade plus working here.
The light and the impression of parted masses are great. But I don't see it as a liberating space - the human/architecture scale reminds me of Pirenisi's 'Imaginery Prisons'.
Ohhhh I see what you did there… clever
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