Det­ta­glio del pro­get­to ed. 2020

ROBERT GUTO­W­SKI — SAINT JOHN PAUL II CHURCH

Desi­gner Robert Guto­w­ski
Loca­tion Mun­kás tér 1., H‑2071 Páty, Hungary
Desi­gn Team

Robert Guto­w­ski
Ákos Boc­z­kó, Gáspár Bol­lók, Bar­na­bás Dely-Steindl, Hunor Lász­ló Kovács, Ist­ván Kövér, Atti­la Révai, Béla Ákos Szokolay

Anno 2019
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Buj­no­vsz­ky Tamás

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Descri­zio­ne del progetto

Church of Pope John Paul II, Páty
Our offi­ce was awar­ded the ten­der to desi­gn the church in Páty, in a restric­ted desi­gn con­te­st in 2004. The enti­re desi­gn and con­struc­tion pro­cess was car­ried out with the orga­ni­sa­tion and invol­ve­ment of the local com­mu­ni­ty. The buil­ding was erec­ted main­ly with the help of dona­tions and was con­se­cra­ted in 2019.
The Church of Pope John Paul II repre­sen­ts a con­scious respon­se to litur­gi­cal chan­ges in recent deca­des, ren­de­ring it a model church expe­ri­ment in con­tem­po­ra­ry church archi­tec­tu­re. Empha­sis is shif­ted toward the acti­ve invol­ve­ment of wor­ship­pers. The com­mu­ni­ty is not a pas­si­ve obser­ver of even­ts in a sanc­tua­ry, but rather acti­ve­ly expe­rien­ces the holy act.
The Church clear­ly defi­nes its pur­po­se: whi­le the Crea­tor and the almighty God are at the cen­tre of tra­di­tio­nal litur­gy, modern litur­gi­cal efforts have shif­ted empha­sis to the recrea­tor God, the ima­ge of a per­pe­tual­ly redee­ming Chri­st. As Saint Augu­sti­ne said, “the Church is crea­ted throu­gh the Eucha­ri­st”, and so is the belief in Chri­st, the cele­bra­tion of the Eucha­ri­st today at the cen­tre of com­mu­nal experience.
This is the sour­ce of cen­tral spa­tial desi­gn. In our desi­gn the nave func­tions as the church yard, whi­le the litur­gi­cal spa­ce resem­bles the sanc­tua­ry of the Baro­que church ending with the apse. The tra­di­tions of histo­ri­cal church archi­tec­tu­re are expres­sed in a novel form: the bro­ken angle of the yard and church inte­rior, i.e. of the axes of the nave and the sanc­tua­ry, is a Medie­val sym­bol, a meta­phor of the bro­ken body.
Within the church inte­rior, the empha­sis of sacral func­tions is pro­vi­ded by sur­fa­ces illu­mi­na­ted by spot and dif­fu­sed light within the rein­for­ced con­cre­te cupo­la. The pro­xi­mi­ty of the altar, natu­ral light direc­ted at the cen­tre, and an inti­ma­te atmo­sphe­re, inspi­re an appro­pria­te ambian­ce and reflection.
The green sto­ne block at the altar is the focal point of the spa­ce. When sanc­ti­fy­ing the church, the relic of the blood of Pope John Paul II was pla­ced at the bot­tom of the altar sto­ne. The recess of the reli­qua­ry is clo­sed with whi­te car­ved Car­ra­ra mar­ble, bea­ring the coat of arms of the Pope. The floor plan of the altar adja­cent to the floor is rec­tan­gu­lar, adap­ted to the panel lay­out of the floor, con­nec­ting to the ear­thly world. The con­tour of the sto­ne chan­ges and widens upward, and its cor­ners are roun­ded off to allow gathe­ring around the altar.
The litur­gi­cal spa­ce is sur­roun­ded by com­mu­nal and edu­ca­tio­nal rooms, an event hall, gue­st room, the priest’s living quar­ters, offi­ces and ser­vi­ce rooms, for­ming a uni­fied who­le toge­ther with the yard. The ellip­ti­cal lay­out of the church in the small-town, hete­ro­ge­neous envi­ron­ment sym­bo­li­ses perpetuity.

Custo­mer: Szé­ke­sfe­hér­vár Dio­ce­se, Antal Spá­nyi diocesan
Desi­gn: Robert Guto­w­ski Architects
Restric­ted desi­gn con­te­st: 2004
Desi­gn: 2004–2007
Imple­men­ta­tion: 2007–2019
Offi­cial com­ple­tion of the con­struc­tion: 2017
Con­se­cra­tion of church: 28 April 2019

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