Parish church in Mank Building News, Melk Architecture Design Images
Parish church in Mank, Austria
12 Aug 2020
Mank Parish Church Building
Design: X Architekten
Location: Mank, district of Melk, Lower Austria
Photos by LITE Studio

The parish of Mank and the archdiocese of St. Pölten announced the design competition for the new definition of the liturgical places in the parish and pilgrimage church of Mank. With the upcoming renovation of the church the liturgical and functional conditions should also be improved. In general it is about the adaptation of the space in the sense of the Second Vatican Council. The design is by xarchitekten.

In particular, the existing people’s altar was located behind the triumphal arch in the narrow choir, making it difficult for the priest to have contact with the parish in the hall. At funerals there was too little space for laying out in front of the altar. At baptisms there was too little space around the baptismal font and the location of the baptismal font was felt to be too unworthy. For the baptismal font a new area should be created. The rows of benches running up to the altar platform prevent movement in the church between the individual locations, for example between the side altars.
Historical spatial systems
The one-bay choir built around 1400 and the late Gothic three-aisled four-bay staggered hall with three naves is completely dominated by Gothic elements. Impressive structural elements such as ribbed vaults, octagon...