Why, yes: I am on a Google SketchUp kick. With an entry on SketchUp & Google Earth – Context/Contextless History Creates Infinite Derivatives and perusing the SketchUp tag on Flickr. I had hoped that I could go without using, or talking about, SketchUp for a day. That is, until I read Geoff from bldg|blog comment on Herzog & de Meuron’s VitraHaus and his discussion of Stacked Cathedrals:
This project made the rounds several months ago – and commenters the blog world over found it worthy of ridicule – but I’ve been reading St. Peter’s and so I have to wonder what would happen if you stacked cathedrals this way. A church made of bridges, all of which cross one another and lead back into themselves through cantilevered wings and side-chapels. Strategic elevators and light-wells punch voids through adjacent spaces, stretching into halls that lead outward as arches over rooms three floors below.
Geoff, you should stop wondering. Why, you can bring your dreams into reality, now! All you need are the Washington National Cathedral, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Catedral de Santiago de Compostela, Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral, The leaning tower of Pisa, Mount Vernon Methodist Church, Baltimore, MD, Seu Vella de Lleida, & The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception.
Mix and match to your heart’s content!
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