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ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH NIEUWEGEIN

A.C. ALBERTS, A.W. HAMELBERG, 1975-1977, Merelplein 2, Nieuwegein

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Ton Alberts

ARTIST:
Arnold Hamelberg

BUILDING TYPE:
Religious buildings

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.