Parish Centre - Echnig, Munich, Federal Germany

Abstract

To stand out among the scattered urbanization in which it lies, this Parish Centre was designed as a group of independent buildings, distributed around a court-yard or atrium, and built on a rectangular design, intented, respectively, for the church, parish home and children's nursery. The church, due to its height, is the dominating feature of the whole. It has a main aisle, encircled by a less high passage, a small side chapel and the vestry. The parish home which is made up of a ground floor and semibasement, has, in the latter, a room for table tennis, two for groups and an area for heating the whole building. In the ground floor there is a parish hall with a stage and library. The children's nursery has the ground floor and a small basement, in which there are three stores and a workshop. The ground floor houses: the children's area, with two large rooms and a rest room; the teachers' area, with two rooms, toilets and kitchen; the services area, and finally, to complete the floor, an office and meeting room. The whole building has been made of whitewashed brick walls, contrasting with the large window panes.