GESÙ MAESTRO CHURCH AND PARISH COMPLEX

Racalmuto, Agrigento

The Gesù Maestro parish complex was designed in the Piedi di Zichi district, in a peripheral area of the Racalmuto plateau, the town of Leonardo Sciascia. The project won in 2008 the competition announced by the Italian Episcopal Conference for a building that was not “… a sanctuary or a large chapel, but a house for a stable community that has the most representative and expressive place in the church-building of one’s identity… “.

The church-building emerges as a clear volume, defined and visible from afar, with characters that recall the monumentality of the Racalmuto parishes, reinterpreting their materials and forms in a contemporary key. In addition to defining closed, semi-enclosed environments or environments that play between inside and outside, open and tree-lined spaces were also provided to delimit spaces and create them as places of rest and meeting.

ADDRESS Racalmuto, Agrigento

Year 2009-2020

Competition First prize in the design competition (on invitation) promoted by the Conferenza Episcopale Italiana - Pilot Project 2008

dimension 2.700 mq

Client Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, CEI

designers G. Ambrosini, C. Catino (until 2015), P. Gatti, C. Grometto, M. Penna (until 2013) Negozio Blu and R. Rigamonti S. Garnero; L.Valentini's artwork

Provided services Competition-winning project, concept and design development

Publications

Nuove chiese italiane 5. 21 progetti in concorso, inserto allegato a “Casabella” n. 785, gennaio 2010