圣约翰修道院教堂是由著名的匈牙利建筑师马塞尔-布吕尔设计的。这座现浇混凝土的奇迹是美国现代宗教建筑设计的垫脚石。人们不得不佩服支撑天花板的混凝土大树和遮挡教堂的主导钟旗。更多的内容请在休息后再看。

Saint John’s Abbey Church was designed by the renowned Hungarian architect Marcel Breuer. This cast-in-place concrete marvel is a stepping-stone in modern design of religious architecture in the United States. One must admire the great concrete trees that support the ceiling and the dominant bell banner that shields the church. More after the break.

1950年，住持鲍德温-德沃夏克做出了一个大胆的决定，结果被艺术史学家称为这个国家天主教堂建筑演变的一个里程碑。他联系了十二位崇高的建筑师，其中就有马塞尔-布吕尔。鲍德温修道士要求建筑师们提交一份圣约翰第二世纪的建筑设计方案。作为规定的一部分，鲍德温修道士要求设计 “建造一座真正为上帝服务的建筑纪念碑的教堂……本笃会的传统在最好的情况下，挑战我们大胆思考，用在未来几个世纪都有效的形式铸造我们的理想”。

In 1950, Abbot Baldwin Dworschak made an audacious decision resulting in what art historians have called a milestone in the evolution of the architecture of the Catholic Church in this country. He contacted twelve exalted architects, among them was Marcel Breuer. Abbot Baldwin asked the architects to submit a building design for the second century of Saint John’s. As part of his stipulations, Abbot Baldwin required a design for “building a church which will be truly an architectural monument to the service of God…The Benedictine tradition at its best challenges us to think boldly and to cast our ideals in forms which will be valid for centuries to come.”

该计划旨在明确划分修道院生活区和教育设施。两者之间由它们都共有的重要结构连接起来，即教堂、礼堂、图书馆和行政楼。

The plan aims at a clear division between the monastic living quarters and the educational facilities. The two are connected by the important structures they both share; the church, auditorium, library, and administration building.

教堂及其钟罩是圣约翰的主要建筑。主楼平面图反映了本会的基本礼仪理念。人们从象征性的中心门洞进入，沿着中间的过道走到祭坛和院长的宝座，周围是非常大的唱诗班。方丈宝座和僧侣唱诗班与会众的关系决定了平面图的形状，祭坛靠近教堂的中心，在会众、唱诗班和大阳台的显眼位置。

The church and its bell banner are the dominant structures of St. John’s. The main floor plan reflects the basic liturgical concepts of the Order. One enters the symbolic center doorway, down the center aisle to the altar and abbot’s throne, around which is placed the very large choir. The relation of the abbot’s throne and monks’ choir to the congregation defines the shape of the plan with the altar near the center of the church in plain view of congregation, choir, and large balcony.

建筑师：Marcel Breuer
年份：1961年
照片： Flickr用户：rburzel
城市： COLLEGEVILLE
国家：美国
Architects: Marcel Breuer
Year: 1961
Photographs: Flickr user: rburzel
City: COLLEGEVILLE
Country: UNITED STATES