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what kind of building is this?
Topic Started: Dec 1 2010, 08:39 AM (768 Views)
musicasacra
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Entrance, as far as I can tell:
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It's a new church in Portugal. Here's one for my favorite church architect. ^_^

AchDaily summary comment: "Architecture must stage the minimum in the most intense way."

http://www.archdaily.com/91978/st-antonio’s-church-st-bartolomeu-social-center-jlcg-arquitectos/

Nave & sanctuary:
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Frank_W
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Wow... Those benches look supremely uncomfortable.
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It's a church.....supposed to uncomfortable!

Nice structure.
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"Architecture must stage the minimum in the most intense way."
Why? :blink:
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Just somebody's idea of what it ought to be. No big deal, although they did a nice job there. I much prefer that building to the remodeled church in the earlier thread. This church knows what it wants to be. The other one IMO ignored the bones of the building.
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The interior looks like it could be easily revamped as a lobby or piano bar in a high end hotel.
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I wonder where people got the idea that God wants people to be uncomfortable...
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Frank: I don't think people think that God wants us to be uncomfortable. I think that some people when they worship want to be an active participant. The Orthodox for example stand for the entire service - most Russian churches only have pews around the edge of the sanctuary, and none in the middle. It's not that people think they're supposed to be uncomfortable, it's that as an active participant, they don't want to be complacent, comfortable, and day-dreaming - they want to be present, and physically giving in some way.
At least - that's my take on uncomfortable church pews, or complete lack thereof. :)

MS: Really pretty looking church - I like the design a lot.
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Dec 1 2010, 08:47 AM
The interior looks like it could be easily revamped as a lobby or piano bar in a high end hotel.
or a bowling alley.
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Thanks, KB. That makes sense, in that context.
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I like it, though I prefer my pews padded (my church has interlocking padded chairs). One thing I don't like is the width of the sancturary. I like to be more or less in front of the goings on, not way off to the side. I prefer the semi-circle sort of seating with the stage projecting out close to the people.
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Kincaid: Then you better be there on time to pick a good seat!
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Eh, I'm in the choir so I always get there early.
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I never pictured you a choir boy...
:)
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i don't know about the uncomfortable bit.

I play at a 110 year old church on Saturdays.. lovingly regilded, painted and restored, with a choir loft and pinkish cushions on the pews. I look at all the 80 and 90 year olds and know they appreciate the softness and warmth. There are pads on the kneelers too.

very comfy.
Edited by apple, Dec 1 2010, 11:07 AM.
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What a beautiful space.
Fooled me, with no ornate & obvious entrance, or a cross displayed, the first photo makes it look more like a Grand Design House.
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Dec 1 2010, 11:00 AM
I never pictured you a choir boy...
:)
Then I'll let out a song and remove all doubt!
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Now if you were running from a Vampire and you were looking for a church to duck into (for the Crucifix) you would be S O L!!!!
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In general, I don't dislike it. I usually prefer a more austere sanctuary - or if not austere, at least having less applied ornamentation beyond expressive use of the primary structural materials. Different people have different tastes, and many peoples' opinions will vary based on their own experience, but I personally tend to see richly ornate church interiors as having a tendency of distracting from the worship taking place. On the other hand, those pews look almost - not quite, but almost - as uncomfortable as the seating in the seminary chapel. The former dean once told me that he'd met the man who'd made the chairs & pews - and he apologized for them. He said it wasn't his fault; he'd built them exactly as the architect had specified. I told the dean I thought there might be a special place in hell reserved for that architect - an out of the way corner, with nothing but one of his own chairs, in which he was condemned to sit for all eternity.

While I like the minimalist sanctuary interior, I most definitely do not like sanctuaries that have an aspect ratio greater in width than in depth. This was a common feature in traditional Dutch Reformed churches, and I never liked it. It places too many of the attendees off to the fringes, seeming to be out of the main worship activity and placing neck strain on the listener and the preacher who's trying to maintain contact to all those in attendance.
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Dec 1 2010, 09:03 AM
I wonder where people got the idea that God wants people to be uncomfortable...
Treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen.

In other words, comfy sofa + long sermon = naptime

(Sorry Dewey)
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No, you can't make it *too* comfortable, for just that reason - but there is a balance possible. ^_^
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Wonder what the accoustics are like? The hard boxy look doesn't seem too good for sound.
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1hp: If we're lucky they had an someone looking at that as they built it. Perhaps the walls are out of cant, and aren't actually parallel. If it's less boxy than it appears, it could be very promising - but you're right, the initial appearance looks like flutter-echo heaven.
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Frank_W
Dec 1 2010, 09:03 AM
I wonder where people got the idea that God wants people to be uncomfortable...
Perhaps scripture, as he maims and kills them by the thousands.
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Sigh.
"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685.

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"Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011

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