SICIS GLIMMER MOSAIC FOR THE WINDOWS OF THE NEW CHURCH IN ZOFINGEN

Schneider&Schneider Architets Studio chose SICIS Glimmer for the glass windows of the new church in Zofingen. A creative application for mosaic, which becomes mediation for landscape and natural light.

Schneider&Schneider Studio designed this project for the city of Zofingen, Switzerland. It consisted in building accommodation and a nearby church. The complex has been thought to be in harmony with the local urban environment and inserted in a green zone, which turns this area into a peaceful oasis.

The concept for the New-Apostolic church was re-elaborating holy architectural classical elements in a modern way and creating a place where focus on own prayers only, in a kind of isolation from external world.

The main feature of this religious building is the particular work made with light, spread through big glass windows realized with vitreous mosaic tesserae from Sicis. In this project, Glimmer Collection has an essential role for both beauty and functional, perceptive and symbolic lighting aspects.

The unusual application of this material, gives to the panes an innovative and contemporary interpretation of ancient artistic glass windows generally seen on cathedrals and abbeys.

The blue and green mosaic tesserae combination permits having different light effects during the day, not being intrusive and becoming an essential element of the life in the structure.

Sicis Glimmer is a line of transparent glass and mineral tesserae with iridescent surface finish, available in 29 colors. Laying out a mosaic covering with these characteristics donates something reminiscent of certain bodies of water, where the superficies tension remembers a play of rainbow-like colors, which change with the bright and the direction of your glance.

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