The Church of the Light was designed by the most famous Japanese Architect Tadao Ando.
It consists of three 5.9m concrete cubes penetrated by a wall angled at 15 degrees, dividing the cube into the chapel and the entrance area.
The space of the chapel is defined by light, the strong contrast between light and solid. Natural light enters from behind the alter from a cross cut in the concrete wall that extends vertically room floor to ceiling and horizontally from wall to wall, which gives the feeling of divine powers.
Some people find this light disturbing though and also complain about the empty interior space. However, for Ando the idea of 'emptiness' is a means to transfer someone into the realm of the spiritual.
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Light
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