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Estefania Montilla

Estefania Montilla

Sevilla, ES

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One way, Three religions.

THE PROJECT IS A TOUR, IN WHICH YOU ARE LEARNING, THINKING, OBSERVING, THE DIFFERENT RELIGIONS THAT SURROUND US. THE MULTICULTURALIDAD IS OUR FUTURE, AND WITH THESE THREE RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS AND THE LIBRARY JOINTLY, I TRY TO OBTAIN THE REAL AND PACIFIC CONVIVIALITY OF THREE BIG RELIGIONS, IT CHRISTENS, THE JEWISH AND THE ISLAMIC ONE. FOR THE DESIGN OF EACH ONE OF THE BUILDINGS, I REST ON THE WORD, ON THE SYMBOLS, ON THE INTIMACY AND IMMENSITY, OF THE ACT OF PRAYING; BESIDE USING THE CONCRETE, AS MATERIAL TO UNIFY THE THREE IN AN ALONE SPACE.


THE COVER OF THESE BUILDINGS IS THE SURROUNDING ONE THAT JOINS AND SURROUNDS THEM. THIS ONE FORMED BY PLATES OF PVC OF DIFFERENT COLORS. THESE PLAY WITH THE LIGHT, PRODUCING A FEW TONALITIES AND SHADES, WHICH WRAP EVERYTHING OF AN IDYLLIC ENVIRONMENT IN THE INTERIOR AND THE EXTERIOR.


IN THE CHURCH, GAME WITH THE SYMBOLS OF THE CROSS, WHERE THIS ONE SPREADS, GIVING PLACE TO THE WALLS AND PROJECTING, THIS ONE AND WEST, WHICH ARE CLOSED, WITH OTHER TWO WALLS WHICH HEIGHT CHANGES As YOU APPROACH THE ALTAR, THE WATER AND THE SUN.


THE SYNAGOGUE WHOSE MORE RECOGNIZED SYMBOLS IS THE "DAVID´S STAR". AS IN THE CHURCH, THE FIGURE IS DEFORMED AND RAISES IN THE AXIS Z, GIVING PLACE TO THE WALLS FORMED BY EVERY ARM OF THE STAR, WHICH JOIN WITH A MATERIAL DIFFERENT FROM THE CONCRETE, THE GLASS; MAKING POSSIBLE, THE VISION  INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.


FINALLY, THE MOSQUE, WHERE THE WORD ALLAH, IS THE METAPHOR USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WALLS OF THIS ONE. SINCE IN THE REST OF THE SACRED BUILDINGS, I USE THE WORD WRITTEN IN ARAB, AND RAISE IT IN THE AXIS "Z", ACHIEVING THAT THESE WALLS GIVE COLLECTION TO HIS PUBLIC INSPECTORS. THE MIHRAB IS THE MOST IMPORTANT WALL AND IS MARKED, IT CHANGING MATERIAL (I) (GLAZE) WHERE A PHRASE IS PERFORATED TO DIFFERENT HEIGHTS DEPENDING ON THE HOURS OF THE PRAYER (7.00H, 12.00H, 15.00H, 16.00H and 19.00H): " THERE IS ONE ONLY GOD, I ATTEST THAT THERE IS ONE ONLY GOD, ALLAH AND THAT MOHAMMED IS HIS PROPHET ". IN THE REST OF THE WALLS DIFFERENT MESSAGES OF THE KORAN ARE RECORDED.

 
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Status: School Project
Location: Seville, ES