Det­ta­glio del pro­get­to ed. 2020

LOCA­LAR­CHI­TEC­TU­RE – NEW APO­STO­LIC CHURCH

Desi­gner ANTOI­NE ROBERT-GRANDPIERRE
Loca­tion Che­min de la Bate­liè­re 5, Lau­san­ne (VD)
Desi­gn Team

LOCA­LAR­CHI­TEC­TU­RE, Lausanne
Antoi­ne Robert-Grandpierre
Manuel Bieler
Lau­rent Saurer
Con­stant Pasquier

Anno 2019
Pho­to credits

© New Apo­sto­lic Church — LOCA­LAR­CHI­TEC­TU­RE / Mat­thieu Gafsou

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Descri­zio­ne del progetto

A FUTU­RE IN DIAGONALS
The exten­sion of Lausanne’s New Apo­sto­lic Church was desi­gned to draw out the exi­sting building’s intrin­stic qua­li­ties. We felt is was essen­tial to fol­low the clear dia­go­nal lines that under­pin the orga­ni­sa­tion of its spa­ces and cir­cu­la­tion flo­ws, and which are its defi­ning feature.
The new buil­ding was con­cei­ved in a way that sought to honour and pre­ser­ve its exi­sting spa­tial con­cep­ts, whi­le at the same time adding a con­tem­po­ra­ry qua­li­ty of light­ness and open­ness. The exten­sion went in tan­dem with a reno­va­tion of the exi­sting struc­tu­re, so as to com­bi­ne the qua­li­ties of the old with a for­­ward-loo­­king vision.

TWO WINGS
The building’s new form com­pri­ses two wings exten­ding from the cor­ners of the church, enlar­ging the foyer at ground level towards the new entran­ce. One of the­se trian­gu­lar wings incor­po­ra­tes the exi­sting ele­va­tor and mee­ts the tip of the other wing, which hou­ses the new mul­ti­pur­po­se hall. This mee­ting point, at the cor­ner, crea­tes a cove­red piaz­za in front of the church, whe­re the new entran­ce is loca­ted. The church looks as thou­gh bor­ne aloft on wings – wings that are ope­ning, to wel­co­me visi­tors. Sym­bo­li­cal­ly this new ima­ge sug­gests open­ness and flight, con­nec­ting Earth and Heaven.

OPE­NESS
The exi­sting foyer is retai­ned and expan­ded at ground level. Retai­ning the main cir­cu­la­tion flow with its cor­ner stair­ca­ses was impor­tant, in order to pre­ser­ve the spi­rit of the exi­sting buil­ding; the­se stair­ca­ses were resto­red and fit­ted with lighter and more trans­pa­rent balu­stra­des. The new entran­ce is set in the south-west cor­ner. The spa­cious new foyer gives a clear view of the various acti­vi­ties taking pla­ce and wel­co­mes the com­mu­ni­ty in a dyna­mic spa­ce that is open to the outsi­de world.

SIM­PLI­CI­TY
The exte­rior faça­de was rede­si­gned to meet the new ener­gy effi­cien­cy stan­dards now in for­ce as well as deli­ve­ring opti­mal ther­mal com­fort for the building’s users. The old faça­de has been repla­ced with an expo­sed con­cre­te con­struc­tion, lightly colou­red and tex­tu­red: the buil­ding expres­ses a sim­ple and direct

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