We also visited the Kruisheren Hotel in Maastricht in the Netherlands.
It’s also an old church that has a a new function now.
In my opinion it’s not as good as the Selexyz Bookstore, which is also a reconverted church in Maastricht.
In my opinion the hotel is just overly designed and the lobby is ’stuffed’, they lost the open feeling that is related to a church.
That’s also why it was so difficult to take pictures and to catch the whole space.
Catchy entrance and lamps.
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We visited the Selexyz Bookstore in Maastricht in the Netherlands.
It’s a church that has been transformed into a bookstore by Merkx+Girod, an amazing design studio in my opinion.
Yesterday we visted the monastery in Vaals in The Netherlands.
The athmosphere is undescribable. Take a look and the pictures and you’ll see what I mean.
We also saw a ceremony where all the monks entered the hall and sang their psalms.
It’s a pitty that I wasn’t allowed to take pictures during the ceremony
It’s a bit quiet here.
It’s because I’m studying for my exams.
On Monday I have some oral exams; law, economics, management and ethics.
I finish on Thursday. The week after that (3rd of February) I’ll start an international workshop on “abandonned sacred places”.
We’ll be cooperating with students from England, Italy, Estonia and Turkey.
More news then.
Here’s a section with the lighting concept and effects for our waterplaza.
