I found it quite uncanny (using all my senses, that is, not just the ocular). I felt a Christian could worship God quite splendidly (in spirit and in truth) at Sasanarakkha (bottom set of pictures), and wasn't convinced that a Buddhist could do likewise at All Saints (obvious...top set of pictures).Perhaps my senses were peculiar, not shared by others..
But that's what I felt.
What about you?
(Pic 3: Messages from the Light of the World filtered through a tracery of imported glass.)
(Pic 4: Lovely baluster detail in brass)
As to whether I could worship as meaningfully at All Saints as I can at Sasanarakkha, I.....er...erm....
...am not so sure
.Gotta try it out and see.
I guess I'm averse to clinging to the form of religion and denying the power of it.
... on the meditation platform...
Panoramic view of Taiping from a perch of metal sheet on timber on metal on (again) timber on metal on concrete on earth, with the aroma of durian from a tracery of leaves.
All Saints and Sasanarakkha: A nice contrast between building on earth and building "in heaven" with all its appropriate architectonics and differing design affiliations. I mean, they're faithful to very different architectural preoccupations.
Pic 11 and 12 added (oh, dear!) Sept 11, 2008 !!!
Pic 11 shows real timber clapboarding.
Pic 12: alum trays for anti-termite detail.
Note the timber-grained cement sheets (ya?)
This one is somehow notably different from the lightness of the steel structures shown above..
(img taken from: http://www.fireflymission.org.sg/sbs_rc_021.html)
