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Interior view of the Church of the Light with the luminous cruciform opening cut into the concrete wall.
Church of the Light

1989 · Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

Church of the Light interior view

Interior view of the cruciform light opening in the Church of the Light.

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Church of the Light

Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan · Exact work coordinates

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Church of the LightChurch of the Light

1989 · Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

Charles Correa AssociatesCharles Correa Associates

1958 · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19891958
PlaceIbaraki, Osaka, JapanMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Place contextIbaraki, Osaka, JapanRepresentative site: Pathanamthitta district, Pathanamthitta district, India
Climate21°C · 13.2h daylight · 5 km/h wind34°C · 12.4h daylight · 12 km/h wind · via St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Parumala
FocusChurch12 works in corpus
Architects
  • Tadao Ando
  • Charles Correa
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Tadao Ando Architect & Associates

Notable works

  • St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Parumala
  • Sabarmati Ashram
  • Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya
  • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Navrangpura
Typologies
  • religious building
  • chapel
  • church
  • sacred space
  • building
  • museum
  • cultural building
  • stadium
  • sports building
  • arts center
Materials
  • concrete
  • glass
  • brick
  • concrete
  • sandstone
  • stone
  • glass
Carbon signals

Concrete and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Glass

Concrete, Brick, and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Brick
  • Glass
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible9 of 9 recorded works are publicly accessible
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