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Church in Seon
Catholic Church with rectory and presbytery
Seon
2005
Status: Competition
Engineer: Patrick Gartmann
Collaborators:
This church is located in the suburban midlands of Switzerland, consisting of one-family houses surrounded by private gardens. On approach one leaves the profane behind and strolling through a densely planted garden arrives at a clearing - a sacral room surrounded by dense local plants - a place with no location - a garden. A simple glass building stands in the middle and splits the site into two areas: A place to gather for the religious community and a silent garden for devotion with a bell tower. The church is defined by a heavy slightly curved roof standing on three massive columns. Two columns on either side of the entrance court form a gateway to the church. On the opposite side a central column widens to form the back of the altar.