Gary Barker (@garybarker@sfba.social)
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“Brutalism Friday”
“North Christian Church” Eero Saarinen, 1959, Columbia, Indiana.
Saarinen was inspired by the steep steps at Angkor Wat and Borobudur and traditions that make a visitor interact with the architecture and gives a sense of magnanimity while entering the church. The odyssey from the exterior to interior is organically augmented to give worshippers a spiritual experience.
The use of earthy materials, grey slate floors, dark mahogany pews to the spir…