Kuokkala Church (2010)*

Artist/Designer: OOPEAA

Project Location: Jyväskylä, Finland

Style/Period(s):
Contemporary

Primary Material(s):
Wood

Function(s):
Religious Building

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Significant Date(s):
21st Century, 2010

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Building Address:
Syöttäjänkatu 4, 40520 Jyväskylä, Finland

Supporting Designers/Staff:
OOPEAA Architects

Significant Dates:
Completed in 2010

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Additional Text:
The wish of the Parish of Jyväskylä was to build “a church that looks like a church”. Our proposal was a simple, sculptural form within which all of the church’s different functions could be contained. The design is “of our time”, yet permeated with nods to and re-interpretations of church-building tradition. The church’s functions are located across three stories, with the church offices opening directly onto the market square. On the main floor, the church hall and parish meeting hall can be combined to create a shared space onto which the floor’s children’s and youth facilities also adjoin. A gallery houses the organ and cantors’ office. The church is predominantly wooden. The church ceiling is a combined glulam frame and wooden gridshell construction, which visually integrates the separate hall spaces. The gridshell was assembled and laminated together in-situ in three sections.

Tags:
Church, wood, religious, Finland, wooden

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