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Christ’s Resurrection Church by Cino Zucchi Architetti
Photographer Filippo Poli has sent us these images of a Milan church with a grey, striped exterior by Italian studio Cino Zucchi Architetti.
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The striped facade is composed of vertical panels of concrete, white stone, zinc and glass.
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Containing both a church hall and a parish centre, Christ’s Resurrection Church replaces a warehouse church that previously occupied the industrial site.
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The otherwise rectangular building has an angled wall and roof that create a point at one corner, framing the main entrance.
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Inside the church hall two concrete walls curve up to the ceiling, creating the illusion of a pitched roof.
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The following information was provided by the architects:
“Christ’s resurrection” Church, Sesto S. Giovanni (Milan) 2004-2010
Cino Zucchi Architetti with Zucchi & Partners
Closed competition –first prize
The new church and parish center is located in a narrow plot of Milan’s industrial periphery.
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The hard townscape of the neighbourhood and the story of the previous church (a warehouse-like building built in the sixties by workerpriests) suggested the simplicity of its design, which emerges from the surrounding fabric only by few strong gestures.
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The street façade bends inward to acquaint for the main diagonal view, and the high hall takes the shape of a large rectangular box enriched by two large “sails” embracing the assembly.
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The fronts are panelled in vertical strips of different materials (concrete, white stone, zinc, glass) whose rhythm responds to the different edge conditions.
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Credits:
Client: Diocesi di Milano
Dimensions: 6.570 m³
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Preliminary design project: Cino Zucchi Architetti
Cino Zucchi, Helena Sterpin, Filippo Carcano, Cinzia Catena, Silvia Cremaschi, Cristina Balet Sala
with Anna Bacchetta, Annalisa Romani, Martina Valcamonica, Valentina Zanoni
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Definitive and executive design project: Zucchi & Partners
Cino Zucchi, Nicola Bianchi, Andrea Viganò, Leonardo Berretti, Ivan Bernardini
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Manager of works: Zucchi & Partners
Nicola Bianchi, Marcello Felicori
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Rendering: Filippo Facchinetto
Model: Filippo Carcano, Paola Andreoli, Roberto Rezzoli
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Consultants
Liturgist: Don Giovanni Mariani, Don Giovanni Zuffada
Cost estimate: Zucchi & Partners
Structural engineering: Mauro Giuliani, Redesco srl
Ligh engineering: Cinzia Ferrara, Ferrara Palladino srl
Plant engineering: Gianfranco Ariatta, Ariatta ingegneria dei sistemi srl
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