Parish Church of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Resurrection Church of Jesus Christ New-Rum

Architect: Horst Herbert Parson

Address: Serlesstraße 27, Rum, Austria

Project:1976

Completion:1978

The Church of the Resurrection of the Lord in the Neu-Rum district is a modern, light-filled church without a tower. It was built between 1976 and 1978 according to the design of Horst Parson. The altar is surrounded on three sides by tiered rows of seats. The complex consists of the church, the parish (the church was elevated to parish status in 1988), a community hall, and a youth center surrounding a courtyard. On the eastern side of the entrance courtyard, a parish hall was established between 1959 and 1960 according to the plans of Josef Lackner, which was later reconstructed.

The time when church buildings were granted a dominant role and could create spatial and local significance is now over, at least in new urban developments of the 1960s. In this urban planning situation, the architect could only utilize two options: spatial definition and formal distance from the surroundings. The small forecourt adopts the scale of the plot. The square, self-contained space of the church is created from white finely structured masses that reflect daylight. The rhythm of individual surfaces in their entirety appears almost exaggerated. Parson attempts to rigorously utilize architectural means that were tested by Wright, Schindler, or - in a different cultural context - also Scarpa. The theme of the church is interpreted here in a completely "conventional" way in the sense that it is primarily understood as an artistic task and is also architecturally processed.

Achleitner, Friedrich, Österreichische Architektur im 20. Jahrhundert. Vol. I: Oberösterreich, Salzburg, Tirol, Vorarlberg, Vienna: Residenz Verlag, 1980, p.332

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