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De Groene Kathedraal
by Marinus Boezem
 The
idea for De Groene Kathedraal (The Green Cathedral), a project
by Marinus Boezem (Leerdam, 1934) stems from 1978. Boezem wanted
to realize this landart project in an artificial landscape, in which
changes in time and space are clearly visible. The polder to the
south of Almere proved to be a good spot. In April 1987 the project
was begun and 178 Italian poplars were planted in the form of an
outline of Notre Dame of Reims. The trees, with their gothic appearance
are the cathedral's "pillars". In the summer of 1996 De
Groene Kathedraal was completed with the laying of the "floor",
in which a pattern of concrete paths reflect the cross-supports
of gothic arches. Boezem choose the model of the French gothic cathedral
because he sees it as a highpoint of the attempts by humans to structure
space. De Groene Kathedraal consists of two cathedrals: a
"positive" structure, consisting of poplars and a "negative"
structure that will develop over the course of time as an open space
in the woods. In this cathedral the pillars are marked by basalt
blocks in the raised floor. After several decades, when the poplars
are beginning to come to an end and De Groene Kathedraal
gradually becomes a ruin, the cathedral will live on in the form
of this second cathedral.
Some
impressions:
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to enlarge
 Cubic
QTVR of the Green Cathedral
Location:
Tureluurweg, Almere, The Netherlands
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