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CHURCH
A.C. ALBERTS, A.W. HAMELBERG, 1975-1977
Merelplein 2, Nieuwegein
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Ton Alberts
ARTIST:
Arnold Hamelberg
BUILDING TYPE:
Religious buildings
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Ton Alberts
ARTIST:
Arnold Hamelberg
BUILDING TYPE:
Religious buildings
PUBLICATIONS:
Wonen TA/BK 1977-24
This pagoda-like church serves as oasis in a busy town centre. Spaces are grouped around a pentagonal core, the meditation room. Its central point features symbols of the four elements: earth (an opening in the floor), water (a rainwater tank), air (a vine tendril) and fire (a candle flame). In the adjacent main space a concave wall forms part of an imaginary cone with the altar as centre and a ring of files as base.