Wusong | From Low to Rising: The Entrance Sequence of a Church

Utzon | From Low to Soaring: The Entrance Sequence of the Church
From the outside, this building resembles a set of ordinary white precast concrete industrial factories: the mass is low, rectilinear, with regular windows, and the entrance is just an inconspicuous door on the side. Passing through the door leads to a low corridor with a very low ceiling and subdued lighting. Upon reaching the end and turning into the main space, the ceiling suddenly rises into a continuous, undulating white curved surface, with light pouring in from unseen high-level windows and diffusing down along the curved surface—the entire sequence relies entirely on the "external ordinariness" to amplify the "internal surprise." Materials are precast concrete, white plaster, and light-colored wood. Shot from the exterior during the day, showing the ordinary mass and inconspicuous door. Avoid: a lavish exterior, a grand entrance, a high and bright corridor, or the curved ceiling being visible from the outside.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

從外面看,這棟建築像一組平凡的白色預鑄混凝土工業廠房:量體低矮、方正、開窗規律,入口只是側面一道毫不起眼的門。穿過門之後是一段低矮的走廊,天花壓得很低,光線平淡。走到盡頭轉入主空間時,天花突然升起成一片連續起伏的白色曲面,光從看不見的高側窗湧入並沿著曲面漫射下來——整段序列完全靠「外部的平凡」來放大「內部的意外」。材料為預鑄混凝土、白色抹灰與淺色木。日間從外部拍攝平凡的量體與不起眼的門。避免:外觀做得華麗、入口氣派、走廊挑高明亮、曲面天花從外面就看得見。