Det­ta­glio del pro­get­to ed. 2020

MÜHLEI­SEN + PART­NER – APO­STO­LIC CHURCH

Desi­gner Dipl.-Ing. Jochen Uhlmann
Loca­tion Den­ner­straße 104/1+102, 70372, Stutt­gart Bad Cann­statt, BW
Desi­gn Team

Mühlei­sen und Part­ner Pla­nung­sge­sell­schaft mbH
Archi­tekt Dipl.-Ing. Joa­chim Uhlmann

Anno 2015
Pho­to credits

Kurt Enten­mann, Korb
Maxi­mi­lian Sei­bert, Stuttgart

Foto ester­ni

Descri­zio­ne del progetto

The church

The fasci­na­ting struc­tu­re is loca­ted in the heart of a resi­den­tial area sur­roun­ded by histo­ric Art Nou­veau buil­dings. Here its oval sha­pe crea­tes inte­re­sting spa­ces whi­le kee­ping suf­fi­cient distan­ce from the nei­gh­bo­ring buil­dings. The dia­go­nal shear wall at the entran­ce natu­ral­ly invi­tes the visi­tor into the access tract. This room crea­tes a posi­ti­ve expe­rien­ce when ente­ring the impres­si­ve oval-sha­­ped wor­ship hall made from insu­la­tion concrete.

Pro­blem setting

The pre­vious church on the site was erec­ted in 1916. The buil­ding was much lar­ger and was atta­ched to the peri­me­ter block deve­lo­p­ment in the midd­le of Stutt­gar­t’s green and quiet “Nord” district. The con­gre­ga­tion desi­red the con­struc­tion of a new and more com­pact church buil­ding but zoning law restric­tions pre­ven­ted this at fir­st. Only throu­gh an open dia­lo­gue bet­ween all nei­gh­bors and the local autho­ri­ties was a break­th­rou­gh even­tual­ly achie­ved. All nei­gh­bors voted for the new church con­struc­tion based on a com­ple­te­ly dif­fe­rent zoning con­cept. This pro­cess also yiel­ded won­der­ful con­cep­tual resul­ts: the uni­que buil­ding was able to win the nei­gh­bors’ accep­tan­ce befo­re con­struc­tion. The new con­cept moved the higher church buil­ding for­ward towards the street and left the lower auxi­lia­ry buil­ding to occu­py the inner area of the block. This “urban repair” impro­ves the desi­gn qua­li­ty of the enti­re quar­ter. Eve­ry direct nei­gh­bor also enjoys a grea­tly impro­ved access to sun­light due to the oval sha­pe of the main part of the church building.

Insi­de spaces

The oval wor­ship hall gains a friend­ly and exci­ting atmo­sphe­re from its indi­rect lighting. Dif­fe­rent solar alti­tu­des crea­te indi­vi­dual light set­tings. The cen­tral loca­tion of the litur­gy is a mini­ma­li­stic altar made from a dark root wood indi­ge­nous to the area. A gal­le­ry is inter­po­sed at the back of the hall. A rec­tan­gu­lar, sin­­gle-sto­­ry struc­tu­re con­tai­ning auxi­lia­ry spa­ces forms a spi­ne for the buil­ding ensem­ble. The entran­ce foyer is loca­ted whe­re this rec­tan­gle con­nec­ts to the oval of the wor­ship hall. This inter­sec­tion posed various chal­len­ges for desi­gn and con­struc­tion. Addi­tio­nal auxi­lia­ry spa­ces and tech­ni­cal instal­la­tions are loca­ted in an under­ground level. 

Engi­nee­ring

All walls and cei­lings are mono­li­thic casts of heat-insu­­la­­ting light­weight con­cre­te mixed from a custom reci­pe with colo­ring. The walls and cei­lings are thick mea­su­ring 60cm and 45cm respec­ti­ve­ly. The oval of the wor­ship hall is fini­shed on the insi­de and outsi­de with lime pla­ster. The auxi­lia­ry buil­ding is also cast in light­weight con­cre­te, but fini­shed in fair-faced con­cre­te. Toge­ther with the spe­cial con­cre­te mix­tu­re this crea­tes the appea­ran­ce of a natu­ral rock surface.

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