Luther chapel
Architect:- ANDRÁS KRIZSÁN DLA architect
MODUM Építésziroda Ltd.1146 BUDAPEST, Zichy Géza street 4. I/4 HUNGARYphone/fax:+36 (1) 220-0677
e-mail: krizsand@gmail.com http://www.modum.hu
- Zoltán Tömpe architect
- Lajos Szabó architect
- Gergely Krizsán Gergely architect
- Ákos Medek cert. architect (MEDEK Iroda Ltd.)
- Csaba Rosza cert. building engineer (PUMPERO Bt.)
Client:
- Evangelical parish of Pestszentlőrinc
Constructed in 2017
Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky, András Krizsán DLA, Tamás Kiss
LUTHER CHAPEL PESTSZENTLŐRINC
No architectural task has undergone such radical changes throughout the past centu¬ries as church architecture. Builders of former periods have had tradition, the significance of their heritage as their starting point, and they followed historic styles. Contemporary architecture ambitions simplicity, rational and clear interiors and forms. The Lutheran church in Pestszentlőrinc, which is being built now, is not a luxurious one: it does not attract at¬tention with its unique forms, or uninteresting superfluous decorations, but rather with the simple architectural formation of the liturgical functions. The venue where people can get to know their own depths, their real nature, get in touch with God and their human fellows, and with the help of arts experience harmony with the world surrounding them. Its exterior and clear mass formation, the homogenous facade show that it is down to earth, and yet ambi¬tions to reach for the skies. It shows the pres¬ence of powers within that have the capacity to carry away everyone. Once, when we all of a sudden can feel both the energy of prayer in the everyday life of our earthly existence and the transcendental experience of community.
No architectural task has undergone such radical changes throughout the past centu¬ries as church architecture. Builders of former periods have had tradition, the significance of their heritage as their starting point, and they followed historic styles. Contemporary architecture ambitions simplicity, rational and clear interiors and forms. The Lutheran church in Pestszentlőrinc, which is being built now, is not a luxurious one: it does not attract at¬tention with its unique forms, or uninteresting superfluous decorations, but rather with the simple architectural formation of the liturgical functions. The venue where people can get to know their own depths, their real nature, get in touch with God and their human fellows, and with the help of arts experience harmony with the world surrounding them. Its exterior and clear mass formation, the homogenous facade show that it is down to earth, and yet ambi¬tions to reach for the skies. It shows the pres¬ence of powers within that have the capacity to carry away everyone. Once, when we all of a sudden can feel both the energy of prayer in the everyday life of our earthly existence and the transcendental experience of community.