ArchInspire #030: Church Case Studies

Been on a long hiatus since the dawn of my thesis semester. I'm making a come-back with these images of church architecture case studies I included in the book. Enjoy <sarcastic and indifferent tone>. I intended for it to be a comparative analysis, unfortunately I may have fell short in establishing the definitive criteria to do so. I've been reflecting on the words Kuya Red left in my previous blog entry. There's still so much to revise and consider. What a burden! What a necessary burden! *sighs*

Joong-Ang Catholic Church

Anyang, Gyeongi-do, Republic of South Korea

Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cloister and Church

Jeongreung-do, Seoul, Republic of South Korea

Saint Alphonsus Mary di Liguori Parish (Magallanes Church)

Magallanes Village, Makati City, Republic of the Philippines

Basilica Minore de San Sebastian

Quiapo, Manila, Republic of the Philippines

Abbaye de Fontenay

Burgundy, France

San Agustin Church (Paoay Church)

Paoay, Ilocos Norte, Republic of the Philippines

Sources:
The Master Architect Series VI Kim Young-Sub +Kunchook-Moonhwa Architect Associates – Selected and Current Works (Australia: The Images Publishing Group, 2003) and BluPrint – The Design Sourcebook, Vol. 3/2010 (Pasig: Mega Publishing Group, 2010)

Thesis. Rants. Thesis. Rants.

Here are my reflections in light of my recent thesis deliberations yesterday which turned out completely not what I had expected <writing in a frustrated manner>

• McNamara's Architectural Theology can never be understood by architects with a functionalist mind setting much less be suggested upon those who are addicted with the modernist notion of progress and development. 
• Architects needed grace and divine intervention in order to understand Architectural Theology.
• Our college is never ready for a process-oriented-type of thesis. They busy themselves like all 'modern' and avante-garde architects by the cultural hypes and pleasure in the application of the latest trend and latest innovation - another proof of this age's upward mobility and false notion of development.
• There are those who can't stand being lectured upon. That's why they dwell upon their preconceived notions and assumptions, taking pride in their pretensions. They pretend to listen. They pretend to know. They pretend to understand. But they never listen. They know little. Because they are too stubborn to understand.
• There are matters which cannot be explained by purported figures and statistics. Design philosophies and theoretical discourses in theology are examples of those matters.
• Those who pretend to understand will never understand.Those who walk the road less traveled risk the chances of being mocked and called a fool.

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Mother Teresa said, "God is the friend of silence." 

Things are born in quiet that cannot be heard in the din of our overly verbal days.