Design information
Design name
Church of the Holy Family
Primary function
Religious
Location of the project
Brazil / Braslia
Year of design
2022
Category
Architecture
Design team
Eder Alencar, Andre Velloso, Luciana Saboia
Credits
Photography: Joana Franca
Description
The architectural concept adopted unfolds itself from the relationship between spirituality, nature, and community. Spirituality communicates itself in the Catholic religion through its rites, celebrations, and sacred symbols. The sacred sense stands and renovates itself through the sensitive contact of nature, which evokes the divine presence and the integration with the cosmos. Architecture, on its turn, has been the privileged space of manifestation of the sacred by the person who occupies it, where the light penetrates delicately or where the silence of the stone manifests itself in the murmur of the prayers. The circular nave brings as a concept this gesture of welcoming, as it approximates the altar to the congregation. Natural light penetrates through the roof circular ring, transforming the internal space of the nave, which is disposed half level below the natural height of the plot. This allows the overflow of the landscape through a small opening aligned to the ground floor.
Company information
Founded in 2013 in Brasilia, ARQBR was born from the professional collaboration between architects Eder Alencar and Andre Velloso. The firm's output encompasses projects of the most varied scales and programs.
Website
https://arqbr.arq.br