In 1960 architect Philip Johnson created a paved court above which floats a fifty-foot high lobed dome, covered with cedar shingles. The non-denominational church was commissioned by Jane Blaffer Owen, a New Harmony resident passionate about preserving nature. Johnson and Owen envisioned a church where the only roof large enough to encompass a world of worshippers was the sky. The church was dedicated in May of 1960.
(via Richard - Altar in The Roofless Church, New Harmony.jpg)
Hiroshi Nakamura (architects) – House C, Minamibōsō 2008
そして竣工後も、季節や、風や鳥たちが運んでくる種子、住人の手による剪定、風化などに応じて変化し続けるだろう。その変遷が、唯一無二の家の歴史を刻んでいく。住人は週末になるとここを訪れて、庭で土をいじり、畑を耕して、それと同じような思いで壁や屋根を見つめ、触れる。暮らすほどに心と体が大地になじむ。僕はそんな生活を具現化したいと考えていた。
House in MoMA Garden, Marcel Breuer, New York, NY, 1949
photographed by Ezra Stoller
