“Complejo Parroquial de la Ascension del Senor”

This space will be able to deal with The Holly and Human dimensions, without devaluating the religious character but descending to the human scale.

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Type: Religious | 5000 sqm
Location: Sevilla, Spain

We propose an spiritual building based on two principles: First of all, The Catholic Church mission since the last 2000 years, evangelical message diffusion and faith propagation. The other principle would focus on adapting the building to the environment, a recently created neighborhood with some existing social conflicts.

This space will be able to deal with The Holly and Human dimensions, without devaluating the religious character but descending to the human scale.

The main space of the church will be prolonged visual and spatially in the main patio of the complex. The natural light will flood it all from the same patio North East orientated.

Central void will be strengthened so to call for users attention. It will be seen as a massive volume reference for their inhabitants who will find it as an introspective place. In the other hand the building protects itself of frequent vandalism acts, so common on the surrounding public areas.

The roof unfolds as horizontal and sloped planes that sift the light qualifying different spaces.

We obtain thus the coherence between the Holly (God) and the human scale of every member of the assembly (man).

AGi architects
Design Team : Dr. Nasser B. Abulhasan, Joaquin Perez-Goicoechea, Salvador Cejudo Ramos, Gwenola Kergall, Daniel Muñoz Medranda, Robert Varguese, Moyra Montoya Moyano
Consultants: Singek; Javier Drake Canela
Date : 2010