Kirche Parsch

The early work of Arbeitsgruppe 4 (architects Johannes Spalt, Friedrich Kurrent and Wilhelm Holzbauer) is considered the most important building of the 1950s in Salzburg. La primera obra del Arbeitsgruppe 4 (arquitectos Johannes Spalt, Friedrich Kurrent y Wilhelm Holzbauer) se considera el edificio más importante de la década de 1950 en Salzburgo. Clemens Holzmeister commissioned his former students at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna to draw up designs for a chapel in the vault of the old Weichselbaumerhof in the Parsch district of Salzburg. Their proposal to convert the entire old farm into a church impressed the church officials, especially the future pastor Wilhelm Eisenbarth. Arbeitsgruppe 4 left the old vault as the essential spatial element and was awarded the contract. This low area became the devotional space for the faithful. The spatial impression is related to that of the Franciscan church, as the architects' design concept makes clear: “After the vault, there was space up to the ridge […], the ideal part of the room for the altar area. The altar is enclosed on two sides by the people. It was essential to make its significance visible through spatial means: free space, height, volume and light. A large glass roof, across the entire width, is intended to let light and sunshine stream in fully. The open roof with its wooden construction protects the glass roof and accommodates the bells. This tower-like structure is the essential structural change and increase of the massive farmhouse, which also appears on the outside.” Clemens Holzmeister encargó a sus antiguos alumnos de la Academia de Bellas Artes de Viena la elaboración de diseños para una capilla en la bóveda de la antigua Weichselbaumerhof, en el barrio de Parsch de Salzburgo. Su propuesta de convertir toda la antigua granja en una iglesia impresionó a los responsables de la iglesia, especialmente al futuro párroco Wilhelm Eisenbarth.