Divolka Dilipkumar Sawlani

AR2004

The Wheels of Heaven

The Wheels of Heaven is a church designed by Aldo Van Eyck is a manifestation of his thoughts redefining the idea of heaven."Between tall trees and round circular columns, between these screen-like walls,low over column an wall, a framework of beams spanning horizontally supports four circular skylight structures.....and the light from these structures falls on people as it should".The student reinterprets this text in the context of Ahmedabad to detail out the design.


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