Concrete Factory

The concrete factory is one of the two buildings in the Quarry area.

= Religious aspects =

Religion is very present in the concrete factory: What is divine in man is elusive and impalpable, and he is easily tempted to embody it in a concrete form – a church, a country, a social system, a leader – so that he may realize it with less effort and serve it with more profit. Yet the attempt to externalize the kingdom of heaven in a temporal shape must end in disaster. It cannot be created by charters or constitutions nor established by arms. Those who seek for it alone will reach it together, and those who seek it in company will perish by themselves.
 * The building is supposed to be a repurposed church.
 * There is an audio log at the feet of one of the statues that talk about the possibility to embody the divine essence into a concrete form:

Hugh Kingsmill, 1944
 * There is a perspective trick giving the illusion of gigantic eyes watching inside the factory through an opening in the roof. These eyes can be interpreted as God watching us.

= Evolution of design = From the architects studio that designed the concrete factory:

The design sketches suggest that one of the drawings in the Hotel is a drawing of an early design of the concrete factory.