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What it Is Not Quite...
This project from the start wanted to be about the qualities that exist in catacombs while, at the same time, not being catacombs. Being able to have layers and tight, linear spaces yet introducing other conditions to create spaces that one would not mind experiencing.

In the process to find what these modern day catacombs are, I was able to find what they were not...

Perhaps they are not so short as to not be reminiscent of catacombs and yet not so long as to be unbearable. They do not end in nothing. The beginning is not so simple as to just be a hole yet is simply understood.  The galleries are not so varying that they become three disconnected lines but do vary in some way.

The galleries are not flat...instead there should be a sectional richness that exists. There is layering and shifting, ambiguity. The galleries are cavernous and hallow, there is carving, sense of light,  sound, and levels similar to what exists in the book. It is about taking the catacomb feelings of dark, death, compression and cold  and adding light and organization to create a different experience,  a modern catacomb.

The roof-scape is not punches in the land but becomes this garden or field of lines, of sculpture which has a dialogue with the chapel.

The questions remain:

What is the beginning?
How does it end?
What are the moments in-between?