Det­ta­glio del pro­get­to ed. 2016

church-of-seed / O Stu­dio Architects

Pro­get­ti­sta  Fai Au
Loca­tion  HUI­Z­HOU, CHINA
Desi­gn Team  

FAI AU, CHEN YONG, SI MEI YANG,
Anno  2010
Cre­di­ti Fotografici  

Iwan Baan

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Descri­zio­ne del progetto

Church of Seed is loca­ted at Luo­fu Moun­tain Sce­ne­ry District — one of the seven famous Taoi­st Moun­tains in Chi­na. Althou­gh the­re are various kinds of Taoi­st and Bud­d­hi­st tem­ples in this district, western reli­gious ele­ment has not yet been found. Besi­des deve­lo­ping pri­va­te hou­ses, the client in this pro­ject intends to deve­lop a small church for the sur­roun­ding vil­la­ge peo­ple in order to widen the spec­trum of reli­gious cul­tu­re. This church pro­vi­des not only wor­ship and medi­ta­tion spa­ce for Chri­stians, but also recrea­tio­nal and gathe­ring pla­ces for the sur­roun­ding vil­la­ge peo­ple. Instead of pro­mo­ting Chri­stian reli­gion acti­ve­ly and aggres­si­ve­ly, the mes­sa­ge of reli­gion is com­mu­ni­ca­ted sub­tly throu­gh the play of light and sha­dow in this architecture.

Situa­ted within the beau­ti­ful land­sca­pe of Luo­fu Moun­tain, Church of Seed has an area of 280 m² and can accom­mo­da­te 60 peo­ple. The desi­gn con­cept is trig­ge­red by the form of a seed — a famous meta­pho­ri­cal ele­ment in the Gospel sto­ries. A cur­ve line fol­lo­ws the outli­ne of a seed and marks the enclo­sing wall ele­ment. The cur­ve is then split into three parts, and three entries are for­med at whe­re the cur­ve wall spli­ts: the south east facing wall has a cross sha­pe ope­ning which intro­du­ces mor­ning sun into the inte­rior; the west facing wall is solid and bloc­king the after­noon sun; the north facing wall is thic­ken to accom­mo­da­te toi­let faci­li­ty. The step­ping roof ter­ra­ce allo­ws dif­fu­se nor­thern day­light into the inte­rior and pro­vi­des a dra­ma­tic hea­droom incre­ment (3 – 12 meters) from the main entran­ce towards the wor­shi­ping spa­ce. Visi­tors can walk up to the step­ping roof ter­ra­ce, arri­ve at the obser­va­tion deck and enjoy the distant view of moun­tain and water.

Church of Seed has a raw, natu­ral and non-deco­­ra­­ti­­ve mate­rial lan­gua­ge. The main struc­tu­re is con­struc­ted by in-situ con­cre­te with bam­boo form­works. In-situ con­cre­te con­struc­tion is eco­no­mi­cal­ly sound and prac­ti­cal for local buil­ders. The bam­boo tex­tu­re left on the concret

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