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its simplicity and expresses an
Asian sensibility. Constructed
from cypress siding with fir
for its roof, deck and beams,
the Chapel connects to a
contrasting concrete-block
building conceptualized to
resemble a storage building
commonly found in shipyards.
e grounds also feature the
Chapel's vernacular opposite:
the Langston Hughes Library.
Built into a existing cantilevered
barn structure to maintain
the building's integrity but
given a new interior skin, the
2,000-square-foot library is a
historically American building
and Lin's experiment in lines
and light.
One doesn't so much as
encounter a building or a piece
of art by Lin as experience it—
physically and in a sensorial
way. Her works seize on
empathy and evoke emotion yet
avoid firm conclusions of any kind, leaving responses to viewers.
e perception of Lin as primary to interdisciplinary design,
however, is firm. Distinguished with a number of accolades, Lin
was named to President Barack Obama's 2016 class of Presidential
Medal of Freedom winners, alongside Frank Gehry. And yet she
is in a class by herself.
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(FROM TOP) RIGGO-LYNCH
INTERFAITH CHAPEL;
WAVE FIELD AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN;
ARTIST AND ARCHITECT
MAYA LIN; UNDER THE
LAURENTIDE AT BROWN
UNIVERSITY; THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MEMORIAL.
