Résultats Google Recherche d'images correspondant à. Résultats Google Recherche d'images correspondant à. Church of The Light by Tadao Ando. MIT Chapel - Eero Saarinen. Herz Jesu Church, Munich, Germany. ALLMANN SATTLER WAPPNER ARCHITEKTEN. Herz Jesu Church, Munich, Germany. Herz Jesu Church, Munich, Germany. Kresge Chapel. Church of Christ, Hope of the World. It is, at first sight, a black gleaming cuboid. A geometrical exercise in minimalism and restraint. Hard edges and clean facades predominate. Dark stainless steel cladding provides a sense of gravity.
It appears as a monument, perhaps reminiscent of one of Kubrick's mysterious obelisks in "2001: A Space Odyssey". Yet the sombre starkness of the exterior is deceptive. It conceals a richness of symbolic forms that makes this a powerful and sensitive piece of modern religious architecture. The Church of Christ, Hope of the World is a popular but controversial project by Heinz Tesar, located in the equally controversial development of Donau city.
It is therefore with a sense of quiet dignity that the Church of Heinz Tesar elegantly sits in a turmoil of main traffic routes and public transport areas. The design for the Church in Donau city reveals Tesar's fascination with exploring how forms come into being. Internally the Church has a very different presence. Previous. From top.