St. Henry's Ecumenical Art Chapel by Sanaksenaho Architects

The chapel is set on an east-west alignment on top of a wooded hill on the island of Hirvensalo, Turko, Finland

Copper cladding was chosen to make the chapel blend in with the trees as the copper oxidizes

Architect Statement : The form of the chapel speaks quietly, the intention was to create a large landscape sculpture and a small building. A small foyer leads to what the architects call "the stomach of the fish"in reference to the early christian symbol, actually the entire plan resembles the form of a fish, Indirect sunlight comes in from both sides of the chapel.



















Art is an integral part of the chapel; "the exhibition of art and religious ceremonies coexist within the same space, Visitors view the art at the rear of the space while religious ceremonies occur in the front of the chapel.

Chocolate Pencils

For all of the people out there who enjoy chewing on the end of their pencil, but hate that rubber eraser aftertaste or dislike how it looks afterward, Japanese designers Nendo have created chocolate pencils for Tokyo patissier Tsujiguchi Hironobu.


Nendo:
our “chocolate pencils” come in a number of cocoa blends that vary in intensity, and chocophiles can use the special “pencil sharpener” that comes with our plate to grate chocolate onto their dessert.

Photographs by H-STYLE/FG-MUSASHI

Local Street Art - Pride or Crime?!

PRIDE
Welcome home notes and drawings usually informed others that the house’s occupant has returned from the pilgrimage to Mecca. The plane, ship or camel showed the means of transportation.
This was an unconscious creation of a visual landmark, a pure sign of pride, where people used to draw on their own house's exterior walls to demonstrate their pride in front of the neighborhood.


















CRIME
Although graffiti may be seen in an unconventional way and is unsolicited, that doesn't necessarily disqualify it as art. People are unused to art "approaching" them out of conventional settings such as a museum or gallery. Graffiti reaches out to people, sometimes very unexpectedly and, for others, it is just vandalism.



But the way defenders and artists see it, “what is the point of having a bare brick wall? It's an eyesore! If the building has no architectural beauty and is a perfect place to display a mural, why not put one up?” The vandalism aspect usually associated with graffiti means the art is often quite temporary and can be gone within minutes. A piece that may be 15 metres long and 3 metres high and has taken 8 hours and 30 cans of paint to make can be painted over in just minutes. Graffiti is revolutionary, and any revolution might be considered a crime. People who are oppressed or suppressed need an outlet, so they write on walls, it’s free.