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North Main Avenue, Tucson, AZ, United States
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Bike Church
North Main Avenue, Tucson, AZ, United States
Bike Church is a walk-in
metal sculpture made from bike parts that is large enough to be seen
from surrounding streets and the neighborhood. The building features
traditional, religious architecture, but is multi-cultural and
non-denominational. Steel framing provides the structural support for
the sculpture, and concrete footings secure it to the ground. Hundreds
of bike frames, wheels, and rims are welded to the frame and fill the
empty space between the steel beams and provide additional support.
Instead of filling walls with jumbled bike parts, the bike parts are
arranged into symmetrical geometric forms, alluding to the symmetry
inherent to religious buildings. All bike components are sandblasted
and painted pure white. The roof, made predominantly of partially
filled-in rims, provides shade within the sculpture.
When visitors walk into Bike Church, they find themselves in a
high-ceilinged building that contrasts with the flat land and
one-storied buildings in the surrounding area. Stained glass windows
made of metal and colored acrylic cast colors onto the white structure
during the day. At night, solar lights within the building light the
area and cast color onto the ground. Chimes made from bike parts hang
within Bike Church, like organ pipes in a church. The chimes give the
building an interactive twist, as visitors can play the chimes and fill
the surrounding area with sound. A shrine area serves as a memorial for
fallen local cyclists. The shrine allows visitors to contribute to the
sculpture, as they can place pictures or other mementos at the memorial.
metal sculpture made from bike parts that is large enough to be seen
from surrounding streets and the neighborhood. The building features
traditional, religious architecture, but is multi-cultural and
non-denominational. Steel framing provides the structural support for
the sculpture, and concrete footings secure it to the ground. Hundreds
of bike frames, wheels, and rims are welded to the frame and fill the
empty space between the steel beams and provide additional support.
Instead of filling walls with jumbled bike parts, the bike parts are
arranged into symmetrical geometric forms, alluding to the symmetry
inherent to religious buildings. All bike components are sandblasted
and painted pure white. The roof, made predominantly of partially
filled-in rims, provides shade within the sculpture.
When visitors walk into Bike Church, they find themselves in a
high-ceilinged building that contrasts with the flat land and
one-storied buildings in the surrounding area. Stained glass windows
made of metal and colored acrylic cast colors onto the white structure
during the day. At night, solar lights within the building light the
area and cast color onto the ground. Chimes made from bike parts hang
within Bike Church, like organ pipes in a church. The chimes give the
building an interactive twist, as visitors can play the chimes and fill
the surrounding area with sound. A shrine area serves as a memorial for
fallen local cyclists. The shrine allows visitors to contribute to the
sculpture, as they can place pictures or other mementos at the memorial.
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