Empire State's Monumentality
monument of the monument, exposure of the façades onto the rest of the city
INTER-04
monuments are frozen in time, but they are misread and can be instated. creating an opportunity for an intervention by inserting architecture that celebrates its symbolic dispossession whilst reinvesting the sacred
monument of the monument, exposure of the façades onto the rest of the city
from walking around the city, it is possible to identify the monumentality of the monument
the city starts to forget the ornamentation
bible dictates the façades, and they can be viewed as the same thing
how Gothic architecture can be simplified
loss of detail equals loss of detail in the bible
transforming what Christianity was, architecturally, into what it is now
seemingly perfect it is actually tilted
putting illusion into extreme and creating hidden spaces within the cathedral
two groups of people can have two distinct skyline experiences of the cathedral