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Bruder Klaus Field Chapel — Peter Zumthor
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Mass withdrawn into silence.
OBS-ARCH-003
Systems of Clarity
Atlas Index:
OBS-ARCH-003
Origin:
Mechernich
Era:
2007
Themes / Lineage:
stone; void; atmosphere
Field Notes:
mass; void; char
Quiet Modernism appears here as mass restrained into quiet presence.

Mass withdrawn into silence.

Bruder Klaus Field Chapel — Peter Zumthor

Density recedes from emphasis.

Form quiets.

Presence diminishes.

What diminishes?
Mass often asserts presence through density, yet emphasis recedes. Form quiets without disappearance. What continues is reduction held as restraint.

Mass often asserts presence through density, yet emphasis recedes.

Form quiets without disappearance.

What continues is reduction held as restraint.

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