The existing hall church, built in 1962 by architect Franz Ruf, was deemed beyond repair. The competition task was to design a new church building and several parish facilities, while retaining the church tower and kindergarten in the northern part of the site.
A new church center is being created with a building complex consisting of a new, freestanding church building, the existing church tower, and two L-shaped parish buildings. The associated squares and gardens invite visitors to enjoy a variety of activities, from Christmas celebrations to scout meetings in the open space. The single-story development is accentuated by the tent-like church roof.
Open church
Rooms, vestibule, weekday chapel, church
The brick material gives the neighborhood a semantic meaning and refers to St. Joseph as a builder. For the new church building, the archetypal shape of a tent was chosen for the sacred space, weekday chapel, sacristy, confessionals, adjoining rooms, and covered entrance area.
The square church interior is defined by the asymmetrical roof shape with a skylight opening above the altar and ambo. The intersections in the corner areas create additional exciting and sacred light sequences that define places for the holy figures, tabernacle, and baptism.
EU-wide open competition,
Phase 2,
2012
Organizer:
Archbishop’s Ordinariate Munich, Department of Construction and Art
Project team:
Pawel Zabczynski
Johannes Marschütz
Model building:
Michael Ratheiser
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