Kirchliches Zentrum Zollikerberg

The church, the parish hall and the Sigristenhaus were to be built for the rapidly growing district of the lake district of Zollikon on the Zollikerwald. As there was no town centre in this conglomeration of blocks of flats and single-family houses, it was of particular importance to create a real church centre with a traffic-free square that was clearly differentiated from the surrounding area. The close relationship to the surrounding landscape is underlined by the fact that the basic idea of the high, pointed bell tower of the neighbouring churches of Witikon and Zumikon has also been adopted in the Zollikerberg. La iglesia, el salón parroquial y la Sigristenhaus debían construirse para el distrito de rápido crecimiento del municipio lacustre de Zollikon, sobre el Zollikerwald. Dado que en este conglomerado de bloques de pisos y casas unifamiliares no existía un centro urbano, era de especial importancia la creación de un verdadero nucleo eclesiástico con una plaza apartada del tráfico y claramente diferenciada del entorno. La estrecha relación con el paisaje circundante queda subrayada por el hecho de que la idea básica del campanario elevado y puntiagudo de las iglesias vecinas de Witikon y Zumikon también se ha adoptado en el Zollikerberg. The bell tower rises from the roof of the church, which is covered with natural slate. Its lamellar roof allows the sound of the four-part carillon to escape unhindered. The dominant position of the church on the square is accentuated by the fact that the tower rises directly above the entrance section, which is marked by a bronze door by the sculptor Robert Lienhard. The interior of the church is defined by the square shape of its ground plan, the low walls that surround it and the high asymmetrical roof of the marquee that hovers over a slit of light. At the back of the congregation, the tiers are arranged as an extension of the nave and for the placement of the choir and instrumentalists.