Church of the Light

The Ibaraki Kasugaoka Kyōkai (Japanese茨 木 春日 丘 教会, Ibaraki Kasugaoka Kyōkai; German " Ibaraki- Kasugaoka Church "; Also:光 の 教会, Hikari no Kyōkai; German " Church of Light ") is a church building of the United Church of Christ in Japan in the district of Kita- Ibaraki Kasugaoka the city in the prefecture of Osaka.

The Church of Light is one of the most famous works by the Japanese architect Tadao Ando and built in the years 1987 to 1989.

Architecture

The relatively small church building consists of a concrete cube with a side length of 5.9 meters wide, 17.7 meters long and 5.9 meters in height.

The building is characterized by a minimalist reduction. The church room is dark. Striking is the shape of a cross cut in the concrete of the altar wall. Through this gap falls in the morning light from the east into the interior.