巨大的倾斜屋顶横跨大教堂
Huge inclined roof spans cathedral built by John McAslan + Partners on Kenyan tea plantation

由专筑网朱王倩，韩平编译

John McAslan + Partners合伙人和Triad建筑事务所在肯尼亚内罗毕以外的一个茶园边缘建造了一座大教堂，特点是有一个平铺木制板条的倾斜屋顶。

John McAslan + Partners and Triad Architects have built a cathedral on the edge of a tea plantation outside Nairobi, Kenya, featuring a tiled and angled roof lined with wooden slats.
   

Kericho大教堂是由当地公司Triad建筑事务所和约翰•麦卡兰（John McAslan）在伦敦设立的一系列礼拜场所中最新的作品，也是英国最大的清真寺。
   
建筑位于肯尼亚首都西北约250公里处的Kericho镇，周围是广阔的种植园，该地区也成为世界上最大的茶叶生产区之一。

Kericho Cathedral is the latest in a string of worship spaces designed by local firm Triad Architects and John McAslan's London-based team, which is also working on Britain's largest mosque.
Located around 250 kilometres southwest of the Kenyan capital, in the town of Kericho, it is surrounded by the vast plantations that make the area one of the world's biggest tea producers.
   

大教堂最引人注目的特点是其宽敞的屋顶，覆盖着红砖，内衬为木材骨架。
   
它从入口向讲台倾斜，教堂中殿宽敞，可容纳1500人的交流会。

The cathedral's most striking feature is its large pitched roof, which is covered in red tiles and lined in ribs of timber.
It inclines steeply from the entrance towards the pulpit, where the nave broadens to accommodate a congregation of 1,500 for communion.
   

John McAslan+合伙人在2015年底完成了这座教堂，他说：“建筑物的材质色调尊敬和尊重非洲农村的信仰和节俭。”
   
建筑师补充说：“我们的愿望是创造一种在美观和功能方面与景观无缝融合的设计。”
   
“大教堂的瓦屋面在Kericho山丘和山谷全景中是独特形式。”

"The building's palette of materials honours and respects the faith and frugality of this rural African context," said John McAslan + Partners, which completed the church at the end of 2015.
"The aspiration was to create a structure that integrated seamlessly with its landscape setting, in both aesthetic and functional terms," added the architects.
"The cathedral's tiled-roof is now a distinctive form in the rolling panorama of Kericho's hills and valleys."
      

排列的木制座位在中央通道的侧面，通过设置在屋顶顶部的长折窗口的采光。 十字架上基督雕塑上方的另一个柱状窗口提供了进一步的自然光照。

Rows of wooden pews flank the central aisle, which is skylit by a long clerestory window set into the apex of the roof. A further columnar window above a sculpture of christ on the cross provides further natural lighting.
   

沿教堂大厅两侧的木门可以开放，自然通风，让人可以进入建筑周围的花园。

Wooden doors along the flanks of the church hall open out to naturally ventilate the space and allow the congregation to flood out onto the gardens surrounding the building.
   

建筑师说：“我们相信我们的回应是独特的，并且是普遍欢迎的。巨大的屋顶下面的上升的体块，参考了非洲和教会的历史。”
   
“细节塑造了大教堂的空间，并表达了建筑的结构——石质底座，简单的铰链，拱形混凝土框架和木纹拱形露台，以惊人的设计和诚实的方式显现着。

"We believe our response is distinctive and universally welcoming. The ascending vaulted volume contained under a vast roof fuses African and ecclesiastically historic references," said the architects.
"Care has been taken to shape the cathedral's space and express the building's structure – the stone plinth, simply articulated, arched concrete frames and timber-ribbed vaulting are exposed in a strikingly crafted and honest manner."
   

Photograph by Aernout Zevenbergen

内罗毕及其周边地区的其他项目包括Georgeathan Woolf建筑事务所设计的石灰石墙壁的房屋，和西班牙SelgasCano工作室设计的一座已被改建为该市最大贫民窟之一的学校。
   
建筑摄影为Edmund Sumner，除非另有说明。

Other projects in and around Nairobi include a house with walls of chiselled limestone by Jonathan Woolf Architects and a pavilion designed by Spanish studio SelgasCano that has been repurposed as a school in one of the city's largest slums.
Photography is by Edmund Sumner unless otherwise stated.

项目信息：
建筑事务所：John McAslan + Partners
执行建筑师：Triad Architects
承包商：Esteel建造
多学科工程师：Arup
结构工程师：Eng Plan
机电工程师：EAMS
客户：Diocese of Kericho
数量测量师：Barker和 Barton
家具设计和入口门：Propilis工作室
彩色玻璃和艺术品：John Clark

Project credits:
Architect: John McAslan + Partners
Executive architect: Triad Architects
Contractor: Esteel Construction
Multi-disciplinary engineers: Arup
Structural engineers: Eng Plan
Electrical and mechanical engineers: EAMS
Client: Diocese of Kericho
Quantity surveyor: Barker and Barton
Furniture design and entrance doors: Studio Propilis
Stained glass and artworks: John Clark
  
   
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