“This building, an unifying option of the architectural object within the block structure, solves quite a difficult programme: a large church on a small plot under the influence of high storey buildings. The church and the attached building are developed in several levels connected by a huge uncovered public space assembling every entrance to the plot by different platforms. These platforms connect two streets at different levels through this public courtyard creating a human-scaled promenade. This innovative way of extending the public space inside a private plot to connect two streets through a building is linked to a dynamic and participative conception of space. Inside the church, there are different platforms, once again, overlapped to focus two main spaces: the shrine and the baptistery. These different decks are facing outside public space in order to generate a subtle transition from the church to the street.”
“El proyecto, una opción integradora del objeto arquitectónico en la estructura de la manzana, resuelve un programa difícil: una iglesia de gran capacidad integrada en un pequeño solar y condicionada por la presencia de grandes edificios. La iglesia y el cuerpo anexo se desarrollan en varios niveles unidos por un espacio central abierto que articula los accesos en plataforma que unen las cotas de las distintas calles a través de un recorrido urbano resuelto con escala e intimidad. A la innovadora propuesta de extensión de la calle y de penetración del espacio público en el solar, condensada en un programa de “iglesia que se abre arquitectónicamente a la ciudad”, corresponde un espacio interno dinámico, rico y participativo. En la iglesia, la superposición de plataformas (planta principal, cripta, galerías y palcos) se centra en dos espacios fundamentales, el santuario y el baptisterio, y se orienta al corazón del espacio exterior en un movimiento de abertura en relación con el conjunto parroquial y con el trazo interiorizado, corazón del espacio exterior.”
Ana Tostðes
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