The church is located on a large plaza to the southeast of a new urban development in Monterrey, Mexico.  Its main entry opens right onto the plaza, and with an unobstructed width of 11.5 meters, this opening allows for the visual connection of the interior space to the plaza.  The plaza can therefore function as an annex to the church, with religious celebrations and rites spilling out of doors when attending crowds exceed the church?s capacity of 350. Above the entry canopy, the façade is a large flat wall without fenestration or ornament, an emphatic and nearly square plane, declarative of the otherness of the space behind and within: the sacred space of the church interior. 

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Architects: Moneo Brock Studio

Location: Carr Nacional 500, Sin Nombre de Col 50, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico

Architect In Charge: Jeffrey Brock

Area: 1600.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Moneo Brock, Jorge Taboada

Architecture Team: Irene Alberdi, Andrés Barrón, Fabrice Leray, Jaime Salvador, Sara Pericacho, Irene Hernádez, Juan Galloso

3 D Model: Fabrice leray, Andrés Barrón

Landscape: Harari Landscape Architecture

Project Management: Axioma

Engineering Structures: RGT Ingeniería (Gerardo Hernandez)

Engineering Facilities: Grupo Termo ...