Oratorio San Peregrino, Paraná Modern Temple, Argentina Building Design, South American Architecture, Photos
Oratorio San Peregrino
22 Dec 2021
Design: SO! Architecture
Location: Paraná, Province of Entre Ríos, Argentina

Oratorio San Peregrino
The project is located in a very consolidated urban sector, on a busy street south of the city of Paraná.

Initially, the place was an undeveloped and depopulated area in which a small temple was erected, with a gabled roof and side tower. Then, as the years progressed, the city grew and so did its immediate surroundings. The initial temple became too small for the demand it had to satisfy, and therefore a larger building is built next to it for that purpose. In a third stage, a hall, classrooms and other facilities were built. Faced with such growth, the small initial temple started to house toilets for the whole complex, degrading its symbolism and history.
Faced with this, the implantation and shape of the San Peregrino Oratory seeks to vindicate and revalue the symbolism and original meaning. That is why it is positioned in the atrium of the first temple.

The form of the oratory is an extension towards the front of the form of the original temple with a roof of two slopes, which seeks to symbolize the growth and presence of the religious community in the neighborhood. The roof with two slopes is transformed into one, in order to increase the scale, prioritize the new access and give it a more contemporary image.

The ori...