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St. Benedict Chapel — Peter Zumthor
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Mass lifted into void
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Mass lifted into void

St. Benedict Chapel — Peter Zumthor

Material rises away from support.

Contact withdraws.

Suspension holds.

What resists gravity?
Mass is usually understood as something that presses downward, requiring visible support. Here, material rises away from contact. Support withdraws from attention rather than asserting itself. What holds the space is not anchoring, but suspension maintained through precise construction. Weight remains present, yet it no longer resolves as load. What continues is mass held in equilibrium with void — gravity acknowledged, but quietly resisted.

Mass is usually understood as something that presses downward, requiring visible support.

Here, material rises away from contact. Support withdraws from attention rather than asserting itself.

What holds the space is not anchoring, but suspension maintained through precise construction.

Weight remains present, yet it no longer resolves as load.

What continues is mass held in equilibrium with void — gravity acknowledged, but quietly resisted.

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