Remember the images from inside the building of peace and beauty even though it was about to be dismanteled? Well, this is what was left the last time I came to visit this summer – a layer of bricks as the outer walls and a hole in the middle.
I’ll be going back to the building with my camera soon. The new walls are standing and it looks very different from this.
Not much left of the original building at this point…
The colours in this image are chosen on purpose. This is where the building used to be, only the outer wall to the street are left. It was not what I expected. On the other hand some amount of original material will be left and the new building will keep the charectaristics of old.
Last time I visited the building I walked on this floor – probably not such a good idea any longer…
Even the building could not be entered at this point of the renovation, quite a bit of it was still standing. Take a long last look at the ceiling. Today it no longer exists.
As you can see the walls of the building were pretty much now down. I guess they could not fit into the restauration. I was kinda sorry to see them gone but mostly because of the serenity I had felt during the previous visit to the sight.
In real time these shots are about one month old. I visit the building site pretty much once a week, and every time I think it won’t be possible reduce what’s left further. Once I got over the initial shock of how much of the building was to be removed, my thoughts are mostly concerned with if I might still find something to photograph. I always do but among other things this project has turned out to be a great exercise for me in finding motives even when I think there isn’t a single one.
When I first visited the building it looked at first sight as if there was already nothing left. But as I walked around and l focused on just being present, the place began to speak to me. In the end I spent over two hours photographing the ‘nothing left’.
Karins Fotos 