The
church, facing the square, is a great hall. The altar is the
focal point of the assembly, illuminated from above and
crowned by a perspective background that leads back to the
painted architecture of Leonardo.
The winter chapel juts out on the inside square dividing the
space in two courtyards. The baptistery, visible from the
church, is side lit by a single large window. The block of
the halls and meeting rooms bounds the internal square to
the south and benefits from the view towards nature. The
priest's house, furnished with independent entrances, faces
the courtyards and the oratory. The entire lot, ordered by
an orthogonal grid, proposes itself as a collective park in
a sequence of spaces and paths for physical and spiritual
exercises.
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Competition
sponsor: Diocesi di Milano
Designers: Carlo Chambry, Antonio Zanuso
with: Andrea Ferraro, Dario Azzolin, Valentino Parmiani
Artistic consultant: Fabio Mauri |
Project selected
among the 14 finalists (104 projects submitted) of the
competition sponsored by the Curia Arcivescovile di Milano
for the new parish complex in Varedo. |