Marian Church
Can places of worship enhance our connections to the natural and the spiritual?
The design of Marian Church weaves the building into the surrounding environment, using the terrain to encourage people to gather and experience the sacred space as a community. The slopes flanking the Church form a natural amphitheater where people can come together to attend mass. This open-air amphitheater faces the interior garden, connecting the adoration chapel, sacristy, and priest quarters with the main congregational hall through a modular and distributive circulation network inspired by metabolic architecture.
Location
Alabang, Metro Manila, Philippines
Research Areas Parametric Design
Typology Civic Building
Size
Medium
42,464 SQF
Status Complete
Project Team Carlos ArnaizJingjun LiLaura del PinoJun DengNutchanun Boontassaro
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Solitude and togetherness
People enter the Church from multiple points and move across the grounds, each following an individual journey that invites solitary contemplation and prepares them for communal worship in the congregation hall. The design’s parametric principles guide this flow, balancing energy and spiritual connection.
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Building on tradition
The congregational hall’s vaulted ceiling references Gothic, Romanesque, and Renaissance traditions of sacred architecture. Parametric design shapes the clerestories between each vault, allowing natural light to enter and animate the sacred space, while maintaining harmony with the surrounding landscape.
