© Fernando Guerra / FG+SG . Published on May 19, 2009.

Buildings should be simple and warm.

© Fernando Guerra / FG+SG . Published on May 19, 2009.

Seen from the outside, the building appears as an elementary volume formed by its white surfaces. The main space is defined by the spatial continuity that takes us from the street and swifts us to the quartz stone, left naked.

© Fernando Guerra / FG+SG . Published on May 19, 2009.

First the entrance portico. Next the courtyard, with two ramps on both sides and the community centre sidewings. In the end, the church itself – unexpectedly transparent due to its glass walls

© Fernando Guerra / FG+SG . Published on May 19, 2009.

Another patio creates a stage setting for the church room, composed by the existing stone, air, zenithal lights, water and plants. An exterior space open to contemplation.

© Fernando Guerra / FG+SG . Published on May 19, 2009.

The church’s assembly room is almost a square plan. The altar is also a square table. These static and centered forms allow us to feel, although being presided, that this celebration is performed by a group of willing people.

© Fernando Guerra / FG+SG . Published on May 19, 2009.

The extreme simplicity of the space, the architectural form and all the objects design, create a sense of “freedom” where the main characters are the people and the events.

© Fernando Guerra / FG+SG . Published on May 19, 2009.

Architecture must stage the minimum in the most intense way.

© Fernando Guerra / FG+SG . Published on May 19, 2009.

João Luís Carrilho da Graça

© Fernando Guerra / FG+SG . Published on May 19, 2009.

© João Luís Carrilho da Graça . Published on July 17, 2008.

© João Luís Carrilho da Graça . Published on July 17, 2008.

© Fernando Guerra / FG+SG . Published on May 19, 2009.

© João Luís Carrilho da Graça . Published on May 18, 2009.

© João Luís Carrilho da Graça . Published on July 17, 2008.

© João Luís Carrilho da Graça . Published on July 17, 2008.