Market Church, Essen, Germany

Competition: 1995 - 1st Prize
Construction period: 2004 - 2006
Design: Eckhard Gerber
Project director/Project manager: Jens Haake, Juana Grunwald
Project team: Thomas Helms, Rüdiger Ameling, Nicola Gerber et al.
Client: Ev. Kirche, Kirchenkreis Essen-Mitte
Gross area: 204,79 m²
Volume: 1.726 m³

The combination of liturgical and urban functions is intended to revitalize public awareness of the protestant Market Church in the city centre of Essen. Three glass cubes, which are connected and in different colours, blend in with the interior structure of the church. Hence, only the outer casing of the church is being preserved.

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