Project Name： The Christ Church of Tianning

Location： Tianning, Zhejiang Province

Time： Oct. 2010- 2015

Site area: 2030m²

Area: 2127.7m²

Note: This project is the work of the chief architect during the period of UAD

项目名称：天凝基督教堂

项目地点：浙江省嘉善县天凝镇

时间：2010年10月-2015年

用地面积：2030 平米

建筑面积：2127.7平米

For members in religious faiths, it’s completely two different things between the status of a church in a modern city and its actual position in the street. The internal gate of the church actually means an interface, with the threshold separating the inside and the outside representing the barrier between the two different kinds of survival modes---the secular one and the religious one. The entrance is the sign and boundary separating the two worlds, and it acts as the communication area between the two worlds, making it possible for the secular to step into the sacred. Therefore, we have also designed elaborately the streamline entering into the main hall, rendering people’s emotions with changes of light and shade along the route, as well as the constant turning and guiding of the sight, so as to create an atmosphere for meeting the scared space at last. The holiness will show itself at the beginning. In terms of the architectural means, we have applied the local materials--ganged bricks to make the surface of architecture alive through various layering and jointing techniques, with the adding design of signs with religious implications.

一座现代城市中的教堂，在一个信徒心中，其地位和它实际所在街道的位置完全是两码事。开向教堂内部的大门实际上意味着一个接口，将内外分开的门槛也象征了两种生存方式的隔阂——世俗的和宗教的。入口就是区分这两个世界的标志和边界，同时也承担了这两个世界交流区域的角色，使得世俗通向神圣成为可能。我们因此也精心设计了整个进入主堂的流线，通过对行进路线的光影明暗的变化，视线的不断转折引导，渲染了人们的情绪，为最后见到这个神圣的空间营造了气氛。神圣性在最开始就逐渐得到体现。在建筑手法中，我们使用了当地的材料——清水砖，并通过各种叠砌和拼贴的手法让建筑的表皮鲜活起来，同时也设计了具有宗教寓意的符号。