Frihamnskyrkan Church / Elding OscarsonSave this picture! Johan DehlinMixed Use Architecture, ChurchesLundbyvassen, SwedenArchitects: Elding OscarsonAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:11000 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2023 PhotographsPhotographs:Johan Dehlin More SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. FrihamnskyrkanThe new church building in the redeveloped docklands, for Gotheburg's multicultural pentecostal parish, is a large mixed-use facility. The building embodies an extensive program consisting of three sacral spaces alongside spaces for children, education, music studios, caf, sports hall, a parish kitchen for culinary exchange, and not the least a charity grocery hand-out.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The extensive social agenda needs an extrovert architecture; the largest church hall of 1100 seats was allowed to dictate the building's footprint, a huge sacral space, colum-free 40x40 meters, wrapped by exterior facades all around. Open to the city and with daylight from all sides, the room feels half outdoor; a gesture as profane as it is sacral. Free form terraces, the scale of the space and its natural light, makes it equally landscape and architecture, alluding to past gatherings outdoor, before churches. The facades' undulating border is given by the interior landscape, sawed wood below rake, an abstract representation of a comb of wheat above.Save this picture!By elevating this largest program element, the church hall, the ground floor can be open, free, transparent, and approached from all sides. The ground floor's smaller sacral space is seamlessly connected to the exterior square; an extrovert hall apt for social purposes, from coffee to flea markets. Above two educational floors is a roof garden and a large multipurpose hall. A space with views over the city, the ocean, and the sky.The building opened in October 2023.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessProject locationAddress:Frihamnskyrkan, Frihamnen 14 417 70, Gteborg, SwedenLocation to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this officeElding OscarsonOfficeMaterialsSteelConcreteMaterials and TagsPublished on January 13, 2025Cite: "Frihamnskyrkan Church / Elding Oscarson" 13 Jan 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1025436/frihamnskyrkan-church-elding-oscarson&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream