Andreas Church (Zurich-Sihlfeld)
The Andreas Church (also: Church Sihlfeld or Monolith ) is an Evangelical Reformed church building in the Sihlfeld district , Zurich . It is located at Brahmsstrasse 100 west of Albisriederplatz not far from the Sihlfeld cemetery . Since January 1, 2019, she has been a member of parish three of the Protestant Reformed parish of Zurich.
Building history
In the Sihlfeld district of Zurich, building was particularly strong in the 1940s and 1950s, so that the need for a separate Reformed church in the district arose. In the immediate vicinity of the church, the Heiligfeld housing estate , the first high-rise housing estate in the city of Zurich, was built between 1951 and 1955 . 1956–1957 an architecture competition took place, which Jakob Padrutt (1908–1960), who u. a. had also built the Allenmoos school in Zurich , could decide for himself. After his early death, the church was built according to Padrutt's plans in the years 1965–1966 by the architectural office of Frank Bolliger, Heinz Hönger and Werner Dubach. 2003-2004 the facade of the church was renovated.
description
Stylistically, the church can not be clearly defined in the context of the great movements of post-war modernism . The dominance of fair-faced concrete elements is most likely to be attributed to brutalism .
Exterior
The church is located off the main urban traffic routes in the middle of a residential area. The most striking component is the campanile , which consists of four exposed concrete blocks. The horizontal counterpart to this is formed by the three floors of the bell storeys drawn between the pillars. The four-part bell was created by the H. Rüetschi foundry , Aarau. The largest bell is the Andreas bell; it bears the inscription: “We have found the Christ.” The middle Peter bell is inscribed: “Lord where shall we go?” The St. John's bell has the inscription: “It must grow, but I must decrease.” On the Philip -Bell says: "Follow me."
The tower cock by Silvio Mattioli is attached to the base of the church tower instead of at the top. A canopy extends over large parts of the church forecourt. The parish hall is to the north of the forecourt, while the church itself is in the west of the forecourt. The church center consists of three cuboids, the first of which includes the foyer and community rooms, the second the community hall and the third the church room. This third cuboid has the shape of a cube and clearly towers above the other two. Due to the cladding of the facades with granite slabs and the absence of windows, the church building looks like a single cube, especially when viewed from the north, which is why it is also called a monolith .
View of the church from the south
Monolith from the north
Campanile
Parish Hall
inner space
The spacious foyer leads to the church interior, which, like the exterior, has the shape of a cube. The lighting concept of the church is remarkable: a narrow ribbon of windows runs along the walls directly above the floor. Further windows are located on the ceiling of the church, under which a monumental-looking coffered ceiling made of exposed concrete is inserted, the construction of which is similar to that of the Catholic Church of St. Agnes in Erlenbach. Only through the bracing of this second ceiling with the wall does light penetrate into the church. Although there are no larger windows and the heavy brutalist ceiling hangs over the church, the room appears light and light.
The pews are angled by 90 ° to the left and right of the main axis, so that the seating is reminiscent of a Greek theater . The liturgy zone is dominated by the central, cubic communion table and the artistically designed pulpit made of raw wood and metal fittings . This arrangement of pews and choir space was also implemented in Catholic church construction at that time, u. a. in the All Saints Church in Zurich-Neuaffoltern, which was built at the same time . The simple wooden cross of St. Andrew's Church above the pulpit was replaced by a new cross by Giuseppe Buzzi for the 50th anniversary of the church in 2014.
foyer
Stairway
Metzler organ
Coffered ceiling
organ
At the back of the church is the exposed concrete gallery with a striking staircase. It carries an organ made by Metzler Orgelbau in 1965 with two manuals and a pedal with a total of 20 sounding stops . The clear structure of the main work, breastwork and pedal (two flanking pedal towers) that can be seen on the organ prospectus sets a traditional counter-accent to the modernity of the church interior.
Disposition of the organ:
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
- Playing aids : Trumpet and mixture stand
See also
literature
- Art guide through Switzerland - Volume 1. Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Bern 2005, p. 792.
- Building Construction Department of the City of Zurich: Reformed Churches of the City of Zurich. Special inventory. Zurich 2006.
- Andreas Nentwich and Christine Schnapp: The Monolith . In: Sonntag und Doppelpunkt , Baden-Dätwil 2016, Issue No. 5, pp. 22-25.
Individual evidence
- ^ Building Department of the City of Zurich: Reformed Churches of the City of Zurich. Special inventory. Zurich 2006, pp. 104–106.
- ↑ Sunday: The Monolith. Baden-Dättwil 2016. Issue No. 5, p. 24.
- ^ Building Department of the City of Zurich: Reformed Churches of the City of Zurich. Special inventory. Zurich 2006, p. 106
- ↑ 50 years of Monolith: New Cross. On the website of the Reformed parish of Zurich-Sihlfeld; Accessed December 7, 2014
- ^ Organ directory Switzerland and Liechtenstein, section Ref. Andreaskirche Zurich-Sihlfeld. Retrieved August 8, 0215.
Web links
Coordinates: 47 ° 22 '43.8 " N , 8 ° 30' 6.9" E ; CH1903: 680 297 / 248098