Det­ta­glio del pro­get­to ed. 2020

O STU­DIO – CHURCH OF SEED

Desi­gner	Fai Au
Loca­tion	Zhai­dao Gar­den, Guo­qian Vil­la­ge, Hui­z­hou, Guang­dong, China
Desi­gn Team	Fai Au, Simei Yang, Jin­g­chao Wen, Yong Chen
Anno	2011
Pho­to credits	All pho­tos by Iwan Baan

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Loca­ted at Luo­fu Moun­tain Sce­ne­ry District – one of the seven famous Taoi­st Moun­tains in Chi­na, Church of Seed pro­vi­des not only wor­ship and medi­ta­tion spa­ce for Chri­stians, but also recrea­tio­nal and gathe­ring pla­ces for the sur­roun­ding vil­la­ge people.

The desi­gn is trig­ge­red by the sto­ry of a seed in the Bible. A cur­ve which marks the enclo­sing wall spli­ts into three: the south east facing wall has a cross sha­pe ope­ning which invi­tes the mor­ning sun, the solid west facing wall blocks the after­noon sun, and the cavi­ty of the north facing wall accom­mo­da­tes toi­let faci­li­ty. The step­ping roof ter­ra­ce allo­ws dif­fu­se nor­thern day­light into the inte­rior and pro­vi­des a dra­ma­tic hea­droom incre­ment from the main entran­ce towards the wor­ship spa­ce. Visi­tors can walk along the step­ping roof ter­ra­ce, arri­ve at the obser­va­tion deck and enjoy the distant view of moun­tain and lake.

Church of Seed is con­struc­ted with bam­boo tex­tu­red in-situ con­cre­te, which is eco­no­mi­cal­ly sound and prac­ti­cal for local buil­ders. The bam­boo form­work tex­tu­re on the con­cre­te sur­fa­ce redu­ces the mas­si­ve­ness of con­cre­te wall and har­mo­ni­zes with the sur­roun­ding land­sca­pe. Plus the trans­pa­rent win­do­ws and doors, and the hand­ma­de bam­boo fur­ni­tu­re by local far­mers, the pre­sen­ce of the church is hum­ble and blen­ding with vil­la­ge life.

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