Facing the cathedral and following the
Within the stone box is a box entirely
Mies was looking for in his Friedrichstrasse
outline of the former convent’s kitchen
made of glass - like a greenhouse. This has
tower. The trihedron built with air, a
garden, we erected a strong stone wall box
a double façade, similar to a Trombe wall.
true Glass Corner. The glass is engraved
open to the sky.
The external skin of the facade is made of
with in acid:
glass, with each single sheet measuring
Its walls and floors are entirely made of
600x300x1,2 and all joined together
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stone, made with the very same stone as
simply with structural silicone and hardly
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the Cathedral. A real Hortus Conclusus. In
anything else - as if entirely made of air.
the corner facing the cathedral there is a
The stone box made from Memory. With
massive stone measuring 250x150x50, a
The trihedral upper angles of the box
its Cornerstone deeply rooted in the soil.
veritable Cornerstone. Chiselled on that
are made completely with glass, thus
The glass box made for the Future. With
stone is: HIC LAPIS ANGULARIS MAIO
even further accentuating the effect of
its Glass Corner blending into the sky.
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transparency. This was precisely what