Sunday, September 03, 2006

light & transparency



the massive mirror fixture, apart from giving some very nice reflections through its tilted angle fixings and becoming the central focus of the enclosure, serves another purpose of bringing in the natural day light through to the assembly hall below.

the glazed roof of the hall, which is transparent for the public to look into, perhaps symbolize the transparency of the government...but while you can see inside, you can't really hear what's going on inside, a bit ironic...

while expecting the details to be hinged of joints, and allow the fixings to a certain degree of movement, was surprised to see most are welded joints...

2 comments:

Yenni said...

Wow, the photo is really cool....
great in composition and angle.

an+dh said...

thks!
the credit goes to the architect who builds this building, and it was A.N. who took this photo.

if u have never been to, Berlin is definitely a city to visit, so much variety.