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Alexander Luckmann
@A_Luckmann
PhD student, German & US modern architecture @ UCSB | religion, preservation, environment | German-English translator | he/him | views mine
Feb 3, 2024 • 56 tweets • 38 min read
Given the incredible number of 20th-century churches in Northrhine-Westphalia (the topic of my dissertation), I’m going to try to post one every day. #1 #2 Paul Schneider-Esleben, St. Rochus, Düsseldorf (1955)

A one-story base shaped like a three-leafed clover is clad in diamond-shaped terracotta tiles, topped by a thin line of windows. From this base rises a parabolic dome clad in copper with tiny round openings punched in a white line down the middle. In front of the building are steel poles that have been erected to mark the columns of the bombed former church. Photo by GraphyArchy on Wikipedia
(Probably 12) concrete columns support a one-story base around a very tall, parabolic concrete dome. Folding wooden pews are arranged under the dome, while the base houses circulation space. The floor is of tiles. Photo by Thomas Mayer (thomasmayerarchive.de)
A floorplan showing a building shaped like a three-leafed clover surrounding a parabolic dome