When the subject of church architecture comes up, what’s the first thing that you picture? Gothic cathedrals, stained glass windows, and high ceilings? Well now you can add see-through steel walls to that list. This unique church pulls off the seemingly contradictory feat, and makes for a visually stunning work of art.
The secret to its “transparency” is that it takes on a style that’s similar to window shutters, leaving at least several inches of open space in between each layer of alloy. It makes for quite the unique sight to behold, both from the outside and the inside. However, if you’re envisioning a congregation of worshippers getting drenched by rain and pelted with snow, you need not worry, for this isn’t really a church at all.
The building is actually an artistic structure called Reading Between the Lines. It was created by duo of Belgian architects Pieterjan Gijs and Arnout Van Vaerenbergh (known collectively as Gijs Van Vaerenbergh). Residing in the rural Belgian countryside, they describe it as a “visual experience,” with no practical purpose beyond that. The artists characterize it with the metaphor of a line drawing in space, and say it was inspired by the large volume of vacant churches in the area.
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