Hearst Castle
''The estate is a pastiche of historic architectural styles that Hearst admired in his travels around Europe. For example, the main house is modeled after a 16th century Spanish cathedral, while the outdoor pool features an ancient Roman temple front transported wholesale from Europe and reconstructed at the site. Hearst furnished the estate with truckloads of art, antiques, and even whole ceilings that he acquired en masse from Europe and Egypt.'' Extract from Wikipedia.org
Thanks to Adam he actually referred me to this site which is a fun forum to follow and update yourself on whats happening in the world with projects being put forward and ones being built. The Dubai category is particularly funny!!! enjoy :)
Here my manifesto takes a different role, or multiple ones:
- Am I trying to do an adaptation of churches? (almost shopping for churches parts like the Hearst castle) then re-assemble the aggregate to form a newer church? (counter-design)
- Am I doing replicas of the 'best-hit list' of churches world-wide to create a Las Vegas experience but in a shopping mall format? What makes a church enter the best hit-list? which format of a shopping mall do i follow? European or American? shop in Westminster Abbey? taking kitsch to a programmatic extreme?
- Or using the commercial aspect of religions, where the architect should be an aid in trying to create for the priest a plan that acts as a selling device.(pro-product)
Glad you like the castle and the website.
I was actualy one of the people who helped get the site going way back in the 90s...