Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church was built at Gödöllö, a middle size town in Hungary. The idea of the new church was born after the political change of the nineties. The complex contains a church, a parish and a community center. It serves not only spiritual needs but community life also. The three elements of the building & the church, the parish and the community house - surround a regular quadrat-shaped courtyard,as long ago in the monasteries. The difference is that this courtyard is opened in its fourth side & it is connected with a public park. Opening the inner life of the the church yard towards the outside world is a simbolic gesture & this community does not want to live in isolation. The system of the service seems emblematic: the glassed corridors lead along the courtyard and broaden to a forefront in front of the community area. The certain functions as the residential and office part of the parish, the rooms of the community house and the space of the church are strung into this „U' shaped system.

The central space of the church is oriented to the apse. As the three building wings surround the courtyard, so the „U'shaped gallery does surrund the apse, the main central point of the building. The apse, the only round shape in the house differs not only by its form from the other elements, but by its colour as well. The 63 colour glasswindow contain a hidden message. As the result of the dutch componist Alexander Skrjabin's research he created a matrix, in which every single note matches to a single colour. Applied this notecolour code I wrote the gregorian tune of our prayer Kyrie eleison to the windows of the apse wall.

The colour world of the church & perhaps too pure and strange for some & is to strenghten this exaltation. Depending on the time of the day the space of the church is swimming in light stream or dawning in dusk, but the place of the eucharisty remains at the centre of our attention. The chapel next to the church is purposely simplier, with its transparent windows I tried to support one's inside-turning. It is a space of the calm prayer. The building is made of brick walls with face brick finish, the doors and windows are red pine structures, the roof is covered by copper.