Catholic Suzuka Church
Catholic Suzuka Church
Alphaville
STATUS
Built
USE
Church
SIZE
5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft
MAJOR MATERIALS
Galvanized Steel Sheet, Aluminum Windows, Concrete, Plaster Board, Wood
PHOTOS
Toshiyuki Yano (35)
BUILDING AREA
839.51 M2
FACILITY
Church, Conference Area, Father’s Residence, Parking
TOTAL FLOOR AREA
1,588.85 M2
STRUCTURE SYSTEM
Steel
BUILDING SCALE
2 Stories
MAIN CONTRACTOR
Matsui Construction Co., Ltd.
ARCHITECTS
Alphaville - Kentaro Takeguchi + Asako Yamamoto
YEAR
2015
LOCATION
Suzuka City, Mie, Japan
TYPE
Cultural › Religious
Roadside Church, located at the city having a population of two hundred thousand in Mie Prefecture, is consisted of church, conference area and father's residences.
As multinational Catholics who engage in the HONDA automotive industry in this region is increasing rapidly, this church is required to provide not only a function of church but also gathering place for the foreign people.
And also located at the intersection of the old highway and the new motorway, the existing church buried in the neighborhoods and hard to be recognized, the design concept is wrapping three different usage buildings by the big new one roof which reminds of the beautiful mountain range surrounds this area to make this architecture look sublime.
The whole church is lifted up to gain the enough car park area for masses on Sundays, and the roof is split every five meters, parking lot module, to make high-side lit that introduce the natural light from the south into interior space where rooms of various sizes from church to bedroom are crowded.
And as the piloti and the church on the second floor are connected with two gentle stairs forming corridors along with two large entrance lobbies, this architecture allows various activities flexibly like praying, gathering or dwelling not to separate from the ground floor, the city, and to be enhanced weather they are individual or collective, under the one roof.
The European function married with the suburban American motorized style as a contemporary architecture in Suzuka Japan.
