Using light for spirituality in Japanese churches

Cathedral of Santa Maria
Japan
Kenzo Tange



Church of light
Japan
Tadao Ando

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All these pictures are NOT mine, i came across them and posted here
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UNESCO Meditation Space - Tadao Ando

The Box - Eric Owen Moss

The Box

Program: Office building

Area: 12,240 sq ft

Selected Awards:

AIA/CC Design Honor Award 1995
DuPont Benedictus Award 1995
AIA/LA Design Design Award 1994

Selected Publications:

The Box, monograph on The Box project, August, 1996
Arquitectura, (Mexico) Stealth, IRS, Ince Theatre, August, 1995
Architectural Review, (England), January, 1995
New York Times, The Box project, January 23, 1994

freedom served caged

Looks like the stage is set,
the elders have placed the bet,
for the souls not here yet,
the blood that drips still red;

so you thought a prayer  would do,
helpless we are to all know who,
on our knees we drag to,
get the freedom to be caged in a zoo;

the victory bells are sounding already,
our spirits no longer steady,
trying to lurk from one to another getty;

we stand as a mob today,
and the corpses that we lay,
knees feel weak the hair go grey,
long ago someone choose for me this way;

though a star shines above,
the battlefeild and the white dove,
one who teaches the wild about love;

the clouds have gathered and they thunder,
no rules for your beautiful blunder,
here we sit and wonder,
reasons for why men would plunder;

thought the answer we got was simple,
they wanted to set an example,
for their children and wives to be ample,
some had to live crippled;

wow to the 'men' who kill,
paint red the green hill,
for them its an honour and thrill,
long live the will,
no talks for any guilt.





dabeer h.

Screams of the emptiness

screams of the emptiness



a thought that occured today,
our shadows moving away,
what you want is not what you say,
i do what i did and i pray;

the vision of the times to come,
a heaven it might seem to some,
the days pass by as the thoughts go numb,
to the same tune i still hum;

glitters of hope remain close,
a battle i was ready to loose,
on the air once i cruised,
today i try standing up all bruised.



-dabeer hemani

The legecy and the inevitable..

Self Potrait using mix media..

I am not what you see,
I am what i am trying to be..

I am a soul trapped,
the grail wrapped,
the rope snapped,
I am what I read..

I am a coated on,
to the laws sworn,
tired and worn,
I am on what I wont morn..

I am a passenger,
escaping from scavangers,
searching for thy messenger,
I am what the the system would danger..

One cannot consent to creep..

Masoleum of Qauid e Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah - Founder of Pakistan

The mausoleum is made of white marble with curved Moorish arches and copper grills rest on an elevated 54 metre square platform. The cool inner sanctum reflects the green of a four-tiered crystal chandelier gifted by the people of China. Around the mausoleum there is a park fitted with strong beamed spot-lights which at night project light on the white mausoleum.



The location is usually calm and tranquil which is significant considering that it is in the heart of one of the largest global megalopolises. The glowing tomb can be seen for miles at night. Liaqat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, and Jinnah's sister, Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah, are also buried besides Jinnah.


Official and military ceremonies take place here on special occasions, such as:
National commemoration days, especially Pakistan Day (23 March), Independence Day (14 August).


Birth and death anniversaries of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, 25 December and 11 September respectively, and
Birth (30 July) and death (8 July) anniversaries of Madar-e-Millat Fatima Jinnah.
Dignitaries and officials from foreign countries also visit this place. The Mazar-e-Quaid has been officially recognized as the National Mausoleum of the country.


Architecturally, the mausoleum is a modernized replica of the Ismail Samanid mausoleum (9th-10th century) in Bukhara, Central Asia. In addition to the general design, the mausoleum is clad with the same brick lattice work on the facade as that of the eleven-hundred-years old Persian original in Bukhara.







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Elevation


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Architect: Yahya C. Merchant