St. Thomas Aquinas (Academy Church)
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The Catholic Academy Church of St. Thomas Aquinas in the Berlin district of Mitte of the district of the same in Hannoversche Strasse 5 was of cardinal on December 4, 1999 Georg Sterzinsky consecrated .
history
The church consecrated to St. Thomas Aquinas forms the heart of the building ensemble of the Catholic Academy in Berlin . In 1994, the construction of the church was initially not part of the architectural competition program . It was not until June 1996 that the decision was made to also build a church; previously there was only a small chapel in the house . Despite the subsequent decision, the church blends in harmoniously with the overall structure.
Building description
In collaboration between Norbert Radermacher and architects built Thomas Höger and Sarah Hare hall church on a rectangular ground plan is a flat ceiling . As a rectangular stone cube, it clearly stands out as a separate structure between the old building of the Catholic Academy and the associated hotel. On the ground floor, a reinforced concrete skeleton is placed around the structure of the church, which is glazed. This colonnade, an association with a cloister , forms a connecting element to the two adjacent structures. The nave is a masonry structure , the walls of which consist of granite cut, 60 cm long and 4.5 cm flat stones, which are bricked up in a dragging bond . The windowless wall surfaces are broken up by irregularly staggered glass blocks with the same dimensions as the granite stones, which increase towards the top, whereby the layering of the granite is visually lost. The glass plates form an abstract pattern on the church wall and allow diffuse light to penetrate the room during the day.
The ceiling inside the nave forms a large canopy supported by four columns in the corners of the church . The narrow area between the cover plate of the canopy and the walls was designed as a skylight .
The monolithic -looking altar , however, divided into four blocks, consists of stacked granite slabs. In contrast to its massive shape, the ambo , whose metal rods are coated with a patina , is filigree. In the middle of the back wall of the church is the tabernacle designed by Norbert Radermacher with a shiny gold surface. A processional cross from ivory with a knob of rock crystal on a black bar and six chandeliers complete the equipment of the sanctuary. The simple church stalls consist of dark multiplex panels . A carved, late Gothic crescent moon Madonna is on the side wall. There are no baptismal fonts , confessionals and stations of the cross .
organ
The organ placed in the room was manufactured in 2000 by Werner Bosch Orgelbau . The abrasive loading -instrument has mechanical play and Registertrakturen and has ten registers , the two manuals are distributed and pedal. It is arranged as follows :
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literature
- Christine Goetz and Matthias Hoffmann-Tauschwitz: Churches Berlin Potsdam. Berlin 2003.
- Jürgen Tietz: Catholic Academy Berlin. Berlin 2003.
Web links
Coordinates: 52 ° 31 '38.1 " N , 13 ° 23' 4.1" E