An inter-parish building complex called
Eltheto (meaning e.g. Your kingdom «come», from the Lord’s Prayer, Matthew 6.9) will be designed at the foot of Mount Pendeli in a plot opposite the station Doukisis Plakentias, housing spatial needs of three neighboring parishes of the Halandri community.
The Church has the mission to witness and to teach, to serve and to share not only by using the existing worship buildings.
The inter-parish center features other than worship spaces, reception areas, offices for counseling and dialogue, workshops, a media library, a restaurant and and short-stay units for people in crises.
Typology
The overall structure of the complex aims to become a city within the city, based on the typologies used by an ancient Greek house or a typical Greek Orthodox monastery, where the courtyard is a dominant and unifying element.
Design principles
The whole complex is guided by the principles of:
-functionality
-unity and connectivity
-spatial orientation
-transparency
-spacial continuity in the urban realm
-accessibility for the disabled
-simplicity
-sustainability
-safety
The worship spaces are planned to create:
-a sense of transcendence
-focused attention
and facilitate individual and communal participation, while using moderate symbolism and order inspired by the liturgy
For the lecture / exhibition hall, attention is paid to acoustics and moderate natural lighting.
Ambience and flexibility characterizes the proposed design of offices / workshop and reception areas, the media library and the classrooms while coziness is chosen for the restaurant.
Privacy and connectivity define the short-stay units adjacent to the fitness center.
Materiality-Energy use
White exposed reinforced concrete is generally used.
Lightweight concrete is used for the dome of the church and the chapel.
Perforated acoustic absorption panels will improve the acoustics.
A Raumklimadecke will care for heating and cooling.
Flat roofs allover the complex allow the installation of photovoltaic panels to produce electricity.
