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Milan Santamonica Church, Milan Building, Project, Photo, News, Design, Property, Image
Development by Studio Nicoletti Associati in Milan, Italy, Europe
Milan Santamonica Church, Milan, ItalyProject: Studio Nicoletti Associati (Manfredi Nicoletti and Luca F. Nicoletti)
Year: 2009
The church is designed to act as the central structure in the new 2000 home satellite district of Segrate Santamonica, located in the north east axis of Milan, due for completion in 2013.
The structures of the church rise like the petals of a flower opening towards the sky and create an envelope which encloses an internal void for meditation and prayer.
Contemporary church architecture is all about the dramatic play of light and shadow, and creating spaces that speak to the landscapes and skylines they occupy. The perceptual volume of the church is directly influenced by natural light since the zenith light and the glazed skylights between the successive shells are continually responsive to the changing pattern of light and shadow as the sun moves across its trajectory. According to the season, the weather, and the time of day, light is variously graduated down the inner surface of the shells thereby imparting to the church, the chapel and the baptismal fount a particular character.
The interior of the church was intended to symbolize the arched vault of the heavens. The complex has a strong abstract image alluding to the transcendent message that will be realized through architecture. As a result finishing materials have been chosen to ensure the achievement of smooth surfaces, glass and white concrete have been used to this effect.
Milan Santamonica Church images / information from Studio Nicoletti Associati
Also by Studio Nicoletti Associati in Italy:
Arezzo Law Court, Tuscany, Italy
2007
Arezzo Law Court
Key Milanese Project:
New Trade Fair, Rho-Pero
Massimiliano e Doriana Fuksas Architects
photo © Archivio Fuksas
New Trade Fair Milan
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