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Site plan. M 1:500. The first and second stage of building.
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cultural and scientific environment community
In our project the church annex will house a cultural centre where different art forms, i.e. dance, music and visual arts are placed in separate architectural volumes facing the main spiritual symbol, St.Paul's church. Architectural volumes are unified by the pattern of the facades. The pattern is inspired by the music of Arvo Part, the music of minimalism, of the silence between the notes, purified from the worldly hustle and bustle.
What is 小ivilization? It is culture, science and language.
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What is culture? It is the creators (musicians, actors, poets, composers, painters, etc), their creations (paintings, music, sculptures, etc) and cultural environment. Cultural environment originates in the city square in the process of interaction of various culture forms - music, dance, theatre and visual arts.
The square is designed as an invitation to the streets to continue and eventually flow onto it. The street lines are floods of energy streaming onto the square and forming the buildings of the above-the-ground part which is comprised of the Scientific center (back burner, 11.000 square meters) and the area for walks, meetings, mass gatherings, celebrations and concerts.
What is science? It is universities, colleges, libraries, scientific labs and research centers. Also, it is the scientific environment, the communication of school children, students, teachers, university professors and researchers.
The volumes of the Cultural centre merge with the volumes of the Scientific centre and together they form the city square, the symbol of unified Culture, Science and Communication, the symbol of Civilization...