Herz Jesu Church

Project Name: Herz Jesu Church
Construction year: 2000
Website: www.herzjesu-muenchen.de
Address: Lachnerstrasse 8 , MUNICH - Germany

Architect(s) : Allmann Sattler Wappner (www.allmannsattlerwappner.de)
Project Category: Religious Places

Latitude: 48.1562
Longitude: 11.529

Herz Jesu Church

The Herz Jesu Church (Church of the Sacred Heart) is an open, light and alive building. The glass facade envelops an inner shell of maple lamella. Due to the contrasting material properties of these two cubes, which are set into one another, different colours and intensities of light shine into the church. The arrangement of the vertical lamella gradually increases the brightness of light towards the altar. At the same time, the opaque glazing prevents views into the chancel from the outside. The Via Dolorosa, with the Stations of the Cross, is depicted in the space between the inner lamella cube and the outer glass cube. The front of the building is charaterised by large, intensive blue doors, which are opened on special holidays.
(text from architects' website)

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