From Static Space to Dynamic Architecture: The Changing Principles of Contemporary European Church Architecture

The issue of ressourcement has been fully re-evaluated thanks to the new liturgical guidelines of the third millennium. Instead of utopias, new architectural solutions have emerged which suit liturgy’s structure better, and depict a more understandable and realistic image of Christianity. This contemporary change has had an impact on large scale planning as well, especially where new city centres are formed as open and multifunctional meeting places for various communities. Most examples in Europe prove that the architectural framework of such religious orientation inevitably gives rise to new social platforms within urban environments