Miribilla Church, Bilbao, Spain. Architect: IMB Arquitectos, 2008. Interior view.
The organization and formalization of the spaces for worship, with the desirable connotations of representation, expression and symbolism of religious practice, have been resolved in close relation to the terms of shape, topography, solar orientation and its relationship with the surrounding urban environment. The vertex formed by the diagonal and the park’s street is the plot's most visible point from any perspective of the immediate environment. The project areas converge towards this point, led primarily by the orientation of the temple, where the entrance is located to the west and "the altar" at the east end. From the specific perspectives of Miribilla Boulevard and the diagonal street, this vertex provides the opportunity to identify the new temple within the existing building profile. Faced with the building large scale and the topography downward, raising the new building at this point allows an ambiguous identification in the urban landscape.
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