{"id":13180,"date":"2015-02-19T11:47:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T10:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meonline.hu\/?p=13180"},"modified":"2015-02-19T13:49:39","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T12:49:39","slug":"varosi-szovetben","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meonline.hu\/en\/archivum\/varosi-szovetben\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Urban Fabric"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New Parish Church of Zolt\u00e1n Meszl\u00e9nyi the Blessed<\/strong><\/p>\n

Architect: R\u00f3bert Jahoda <\/strong>
\nText: Tam\u00e1s Meggyesi <\/strong>
\nPhotos: Tam\u00e1s Bujnovszky <\/strong><\/p>\n

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One could hardly take on the task to assess and interpret the new Catholic church of the L\u00e1gym\u00e1nyos district in Kelenf\u00f6ld without referring to the contemporary conditions of sacred architecture as such and thus entering into the discourses about it if only briefly. As theological, liturgical, cultural historical, psychological, sociological etc. as well as architectural works are mushrooming nowadays, this phenomenon may as well suggest that the topic attracts even more attention as the role of religiousness is pushed into the background. The fact that one of the most comprehensive works on this theme, the two-volume book by Lindsay Jones titled The Hermeneutics of Sacred Architecture was published in 2000 may be a result of this. The author divides the semantic layers associated with sacred architecture into three groups labelling them as orientation, commemoration and the reception of liturgical actions. Concerning our topic, especially the first one, orientation seems well worth paying attention to as the new church in L\u00e1gym\u00e1nyos offers more than the average from this regard. This is also the final conclusion of our study. According to Lindsay Jones, the aim of orientation is the presentation of the celestial archetype as the \u201ecelestial Jerusalem\u201d (homology), as well as that of the relation to its historical sacred prototype (convention), and its relation to the points of the compass and celestial bodies (astrology). As a result, the relation of the sacred building to the community which uses it, to society as such and to its natural and artificial environment are all pushed into the background. However, as far as the latter is concerned, the presence of urbanisation allows a new sacred building to appear in an environment similar to the one the new church in Kelenf\u00f6ld has been built into, which is actually an alien context regarding social environment, spatial order and architecture too. As opposed to traditional towns, where sacred buildings are still preserved as the spiritual and physical centres of the community and thus function as \u201eorients\u201d, and sacred structures tend to rise above their context also in the physical sense, this church is dwarfed by the masses of prefab blocks, especially because of its positioning between two ten-storey high-rises regarding its character, scales and proportions. Besides, the site itself faces Feh\u00e9rv\u00e1ri Road, but also borders on the backyard of an outdated business and commercial centre which badly needs a facelift or even remodelling. As a result, the site may also be regarded as a potential oasis because of its orientation.<\/p>\n

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Architecture, design: Jahoda \u00e9s P\u00e1ricsy \u00c9p\u00edt\u00e9sziroda <\/strong>
\nLeading architect: R\u00f3bert Jahoda <\/strong>
\nArchitects: Zolt\u00e1n P\u00e1ricsy, Gy\u0151z\u0151 Wittinger, Ter\u00e9z Zwickl <\/strong>
\nFellow architects: Zsuzsanna F\u00e1i, Zolt\u00e1n Horv\u00e1th, P\u00e9ter Safranka, Mikl\u00f3s Balask\u00f3 <\/strong>
\nInteriors: R\u00f3bert Jahoda, Ter\u00e9z Zwickl <\/strong>
\nChurcxh expert: Zolt\u00e1n Sandner, Ildik\u00f3 Kontsek, Dr. \u00c1d\u00e1m F\u00fczes <\/strong>
\nStructure: Katalin Zolt\u00e1n, Zsolt Petrilla <\/strong>
\nHVAC: Csaba Hucker \u2013 H\u00c9T Tervez\u0151iroda Kft.<\/strong>
\nElectrical engineering: L\u00e1szl\u00f3 T\u00f3th, S\u00e1ndor Kov\u00e1cs, Katalin F\u00fcrst \u2013 Elektro-Line Kft.<\/strong>
\nFrameworks: Rich\u00e1rd Reisch, S\u00e1ndor R\u00e1kosa \u2013 Frt Raszter Kft.<\/strong>
\nConcrete works: L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Kapu \u2013 Szabv\u00e1ny \u00e9s Min\u0151s\u00e9g Kft. <\/strong>
\nAcoustics: Andrea Juharyn\u00e9 Dr. Koronkay \u2013 Akuplan Kft.<\/strong>
\nEnvironment: G\u00e1bor Sz\u0171cs, Viktor L\u00e1szl\u00f3 \u2013 Szilszak\u00e1ll Kft.<\/strong>
\nGlassworks: Dorka Borb\u00e1s <\/strong>
\nAltar sculpture and reliefs: D\u00e1vid T\u00f3th <\/strong>
\nSanctuary mosaics: Zolt\u00e1n T\u00f6lg-Moln\u00e1r, Istv\u00e1n G\u00e1bor <\/strong>
\nGoldsmith works: Csaba T\u00e1rk\u00e1nyi, Lajos Bajcsy \u2013 Abagold Kft.<\/strong>
\nIron works: Bence Kulcs\u00e1r \u2013 Vasver\u0151 Kft.<\/strong>
\nStations of the Cross reliefs: Judit B. Kopp <\/strong>
\nCarpenter works, furniture: Ervin Sl\u00e1nicz <\/strong>
\nAltar and concrete elements: G\u00e1bor Kov\u00e1cs \u2013 MRB. Exclusive Beton Kft.<\/strong>
\nMain contracror: Alp-Inter Magas\u00e9p\u00edt\u0151 Kft. <\/strong>
\nProject management: Kima Studio Kft.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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