Church of the Light
- Architect
- Tadao Ando
- Place
- Ibaraki, Japan
- Original church
- 1989
- Type
- Church
- Project year
- 1989
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An opening in the concrete end wall makes changing daylight central to the experience of a compact worship space.
© Naoya Fujii
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Published drawings from the original project account. Select a drawing to zoom and inspect it; dimensions and construction information remain the responsibility of its source.
Research notes
An opening in the concrete end wall makes changing daylight central to the experience of a compact worship space.
The cross-shaped cut and the angled entrance wall give a small number of architectural elements distinct jobs. Read the original church separately from the later phase of the wider compound.
What the sources do not establish
- Original church completed in 1989. The publisher's 1999 metadata refers to the later site phase described in its text.
- Photographs document the published source account; later alterations are not a claim about the original completion date.
Sources & evidence
- ArchDaily - published project and gallery
Project identity, architecture and credited photographs
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