ie School of Architecture

bagsvaerdkirke.dk
Utzon. 1974-76

ie School of Architecture lo descubrió en septiembre de 2011

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'me encanta, uno de mis favoritos'

The commission for the construction of a church to be named after the Danish philosopher and hymn writer Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig was decided through a competition, won by Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint in 1913.[1] The foundation of the new church was only laid after World War I, on September 8, 1921, Grundtvig's birthday. Building took place mainly from 1921 to 1926 when the tower section was completed, leading to the initial inauguration of the so-called Tower Church in 1927. Further work on the interior and on adjacent buildings continued until 1940 and was completed by Klint's son Kaare Klint after his father's death in 1930.[2] The church stands at the centre of a residential development (1924-36), also in yellow brick, designed by Jensen-Klint in harmony with the church.[3]

Jensen-Klint's design for Grundtvig's Church is a synthesis of architectural styles. In preparation for the project, the architect studied many Danish village churches, particularly those on the island of Sealand with stepped gables. Their traditional building techniques, materials and decoration inspired his design. Klint merged the modern geometric forms of Brick Expressionism with the classical vertical of Gothic architecture.
The most striking feature of the building is its west facade, reminiscent of a westwork or of the exterior of a church organ. It includes the 49 m (160 ft) tall bell tower. The imposing facade with its strong verticality guides one's eyes towards the sky. The bottom half of the tower is simple brick while the upper reaches present the appearance of one solid, rippling surface. [4]
Klint decorated the nave with a version of the stepped gables common on Danish churches, but reinterpreted by doubling the apex. The nave was designed with generous dimensions: The triple-aisled hall church is 76 m (259 ft) long in total and 35 m (115 ft) wide; the nave has a height of 22 m (72 ft).

The interior, inspired by Gothic architecture and comparable in size to Copenhagen cathedral, fits a congregation of 1,800. Some six million yellow bricks, a typical Danish building material, were used for the edifice. In its floor plan, the interior resembles that of a typical Gothic church with a nave, two lateral aisles and a small transept. Its proportions are also Gothic: a long, narrow nave, an extremely high ceiling, the columns which rise up to pointed arches and the ribbed groin vaults above the nave and aisles. But it is the yellow brick and the lack of ornamentation which contribute to the Gothic verticality while adhering to the minimalist modern aesthetic.[4]

ie School of Architecture lo descubrió en septiembre de 2011

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kim swoo geun, architect
project, 1981
The church (official homepage–English and Korean) is a rather funky looking building in Jangchung-dong, not far from Jangchung Stadium and Dongdaemun Market. You need to climb the stairs to the right to reach the entrance, which is rather unusually placed at the rear. From the church homepage:
To enter into the main chapel you have to go through a path called the Meditator’s Walk. It is a long, uphill stairway that allows you to prepare yourself for a set-aside place for worship. For this reason the entrance to the chapel is on the back of the building. While you walk up the stairs, you will see the unevenly broken bricks that form the outer wall of the building. Ecumenism is what it is all about. All the different people of God are called and gathered here to build oikos, God’s church.
The interior is even funkier, although to be honest, I’ve never seen it—the church appears locked except when services are being held

ie School of Architecture lo descubrió en octubre de 2009

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antonio gaudi

construida entre 1908 y 1915 por encargo del empresario Eusebi Güell como edificio religioso para sus trabajadores de la Colonia Güell, situada en Santa Coloma de Cervelló, cerca de Barcelona.

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el mejor gotico

Santa María del Mar es una iglesia gótica de Barcelona, situada en el barrio de la Ribera y construida entre 1329 y 1383. Los maestros de obra fueron Berenguer de Montagut (el diseñador principal del edificio) y Ramón Despuig.

ie School of Architecture lo descubrió en diciembre de 2008

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