The Don Bosco Church is part of a new parish centre, located in a residential quarter of Maribor, under the Pohorje Massif. The site boasts a view towards the Pekrska Gorca Mountain.

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Architects: Dans arhitekti · Office Profile

Location: Engelsova ulica 66, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia

Dans Arhitekti Team: Rok Bogataj, Miha De?man, Eva Fi?er Berlot, Vlatka Ljubanovi?, Katarina Pirkmajer De?man

Client: The Salesians in Slovenia

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Miran Kambi? · Photographer Profile

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From the architect. The Don Bosco Church is part of a new parish centre, located in a residential quarter of Maribor, under the Pohorje Massif. The site boasts a view towards the Pekrska Gorca Mountain.
Floor Plan

The Religious Complex belonging to the Salesian community is designed as a closed building island, placed inside a small park, which protects the complex of two nearby roads. The building itself is a clearly articulated rectangular architectural mass with an introverted central courtyard with the nave and the bell tower rising above it. Upon entering the contemplative courtyard adorned by an old linden tree the church suddenly becomes visible across the portico. At a glance one can feel the extent of the nave from the ground over the roof of the lower pa...