… Well, not my church, the architecture of which I like just fine, but I can never resist the opportunity to make a bad pun.
The church in the picture is a Lego church, built by a computer programmer, Amy Hughes, who once wanted to be an architect and who obviously had way too much time on her hands. Here are some quickie facts about the Lego church:
"How long to build it? It was about a year and a half of planning, building and photographing.
"How many pieces of Lego to build it? More than 75,000.
"How big is it? About 7 feet by 5 1/2 feet by 30 inches (2.2 m x 1.7m x .76m).
"How many Lego people does it seat? 1372.
"How many windows? 3976. It [also] features a balcony, a narthex, stairs to the balcony, restrooms, coat rooms, several mosaics, a nave, a baptistery, an alter, a crucifix, a pulpit and an elaborate pipe organ."
It’s a cool toy project, but be sure not to forget Ms. Hughes’ name. In the event that your diocese decides to build a new parish and her name appears as on the project as an architect, start worrying.
JIMMY ADDS: I’m thinking that the Lego church needs to inaugurate a more effective outreach program. If it doesn’t get more Lego parishioners into the pews fast then its donations won’t be able to underwrite the payments it needs to make such an obviously elaborate structure. I hope the Lego church had a lot of money in its building fund before it started such an extensive construction project.
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That picture must have been staged. The parishioners are sitting too near the front. All the “cool” Catholics know the back is where it’s at.
I was hoping for a close-up picture of the crucifix.
You just know this is ficticious when you see the pews at the back are empty and the ones up front are full!
Even in a parallel Lego universe, altar is spelled with an “a” rather than an “e.”
Perhaps the folks at Lego could start making snap-on stoles and chasubles and dalmatics. Would be nice to have an optional crozier and miter for members of the Lego episcopacy during official pastoral visits.
We really need to start thinking outside the narrow confines of the registered Lego trademark.
This photo sends the message that Legos are somehow “right” and other toy brands don’t “fit in”.
Where are the K’nex? The Duplos?
Could we not have thrown off our hidebound traditionalism and included some Lincoln Logs in the construction?
The Lego company will become irrelevant unless they abandon this idea of uniform interlocking blocks. I know this is controversial, but we could learn a lot from the folks at Play-Doh. Most modern scholars prefer Play-Doh because it is soft and squishy and smells nice.
So, while you may consider this a “cool toy project”… to me, it’s just a rigid plastic monument to intolerance.
no cry room?????
a pipe organ? no guitar choir up front? I’m starting to like this place!
While I wouldn’t like a church looking like that, the really depressing thing is that I’ve actually seen a few Catholic churches that looked worse. Ya know: Birdhouse/warehouse meeting space with no sense of the sacred.
The problem is that Lego stained glass wouldn’t be too attractive. The colored transparent parts aren’t brick-shaped or even flat, IIRC.
Maybe you could put a colored transparent sheet of plastic inbetween two layers of clear Lego bricks?
And remember, every time you see a flat bare wall or ceiling inside a church, think of it as more space for the next generation’s elaborate frescos.
It looks a lot better than the “Windows On The World” Church.
Reminds me of the Crystal Cathedral in California. Nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there.
That’s the church that my 4 year-old son wants to go to!!! He asked if he could play with Jesus’ Legos when he gets to heaven!!! When he sees this picture he’s going to flip!!! (He’s in bed now.)
Where are all the grey-haired plastic people heads?
I like it better than many churches I’ve seen.
You can see a lego version of St. Paul’s Cathedral if you click here:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/pmassey/howard/lego/miniland/images/2uagf00002.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/pmassey/howard/lego/miniland/pages/2uAgf00002.htm&h=430&w=329&sz=49&tbnid=zZlj5zmnLTa57M:&tbnh=123&tbnw=94&hl=en&start=17&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlego%2Bcathedral%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN
Good job my freind. I have wanted to build something like this for years. this is really nice. I take my hat off to you sir. Great job!
Closeup of crucifix here: http://www.amyhughes.org/lego/church/photos010.html
Oh and here is the pipe organ someone asked about!
http://www.amyhughes.org/lego/church/photos011.html
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