Flying Church

In our activity in our artapre class, Ms. Jewel grouped us into groups of 4-5. And then per group, she has assigned a particular architecture (ex: house) and asked the groups to think of futuristic designs for it.


In constructing our piece of architecture, it was really hard to think of a design given the limited materials and also our limited crafting capabilities. It would have been easier to just write it down on paper with complete details and descriptions. But then of course, where is the visual architecture in that?

The piece of architecture that was assigned to us was a Church. Honestly, it was hard to think of any ideas for this, until one of our co-members had came up with an idea. He thought of a blimp which is carrying a Church underneath it. I was honestly not in favor of the whole blimp thing at first, but then when the other idea was presented, he did not really like it. And so, we proceeded with our craft.

As we went on doing our craft, we came up with ideas to support the whole blimp thing. We thought that during the futuristic time, people be really busy with material obligations, and that somehow they would come to neglect their religious responsibilities. To fix that, they would need concrete and real-life experiences of spirituality to enliven the Holy Spirit in them. And that the said concrete experience would come from the heavens itself and the surrounding beauty below it, as the flying Church takes off. That's only one of the strong reasons for building such a kind of Church.

In general, the designs and the materials used for building such architectural beauties are influenced by the needs and lifestyle of the people who are to use of admire that work of art. As Ms. Castro said, art influences people, and people influence art. So that also holds true for architecture.