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

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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

Paulo Mendes da Rocha ArquitetosPaulo Mendes da Rocha Arquitetos

1957-2021 · Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19891957-2021
PlaceIbaraki, Osaka, JapanSao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Place contextIbaraki, Osaka, JapanRepresentative site: Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Climate20°C · 13.2h daylight · 5 km/h wind19°C · 11.5h daylight · 7 km/h wind · via Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo
FocusChurch2 works in corpus
Architects
  • Tadao Ando
  • Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Tadao Ando Architect & Associates

Notable works

  • Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo
  • Patriarca Square
Typologies
  • religious building
  • chapel
  • museum
  • adaptive reuse
  • cultural building
  • public space
  • urban intervention
  • civic infrastructure
Materials
  • concrete
  • glass
  • brick
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Glass

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Brick
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.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • 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.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
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