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UNDERGROUND CHURCH
G.M.E.L. BISSCHEROUX, 1975-1977, Palestinastraat 326/Zeishof, Heerlen
Ondergrondse RK kerk Sint Andreas / Underground Church ( G.M.E.L. Bisscheroux )
© 1987 Rook & Nagelkerke

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Laurens Bisscheroux

ARTIST:
Rob Takens

BUILDING TYPE:
Religious buildings

Partly built into a hill, this church contains much in the way of symbolism and experiments with form. Next to a rectangular vicarage is the main church volume (Chapel of Gabriel) with around it a circular gallery (Path of Life). Above the altar in this square, enclosed space are four windows, two triangular, one circular and one square. A column rises through the roof 'towards the eternal, the unfathomable'.