Church of St Wenceslas, Sazovice Church Development, Czech Republic Architecture
Church of St. Wenceslas, Czech Republic
Sazovice Religious Building – design by Atelier ?t?pán, Architects
29 Aug 2017
Sazovice Church
Design: Marek Jan ?t?pán + Atelier ?t?pán, Moravia
Location: Sazovice, Czech Republic
Czech Church Building

Church of St. Wenceslas in Sazovice is a modern rotunda and contemporary architecture built on conservative principles from Moravian architectural office Atelier ?t?pán. The idea of building a church in Sazovice dates from the interwar period. In 2011 the people of Sazovice brought the idea again and founded the association of church building.

The first important task was to find a particular location, which would help to amplify the spiritual sense of church. According to the masterplan, we discovered 4 possible sites for the building. Only one of them was in the heart of Sazovice perfectly linked with the surrounding building structure and its social connections.
The surroundings create a bay for the church that brings great importance to this place for following generations. Searching for the right form of the church started with a simple cylinder, which became a perfect volume for this place.

The circle has always been understood as a divine symbol, in contrast to the worldly rectangle. The church establishes the focal point of the village, in the intersections of main directions and it makes you feel it?s a sacred place.

The build...