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Young Belgian architects Pieterjan Gijs and Arnout van Vaerenbergh collaborated to create this see-through church in the Belgian region of Haspengouw.
The 10-metre high church is made of 100 layers and 2,000 columns of steel. Depending on the perspective of the viewer, the church is either perceived as a massive building or seems to disappear – partly or entirely – into the landscape. Conversely – looking at the landscape from within the church – the surrounding countryside is redefined by abstract lines.
The design of the church is based on the architecture of the multitude of churches in the region, but through the use of horizontal plates, the concept of the traditional church is transformed into a transparent object of art.
The church is a part of the Z-OUT project of Z33, a platform for contemporary art based in Hasselt, Belgium. Z-OUT is an ambitious and long-term art-in-public-spaces project to be realised in different locations in the Flemish province of Limburg over the next five years. | z33.be
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