Pueblo Serena church is an unusual church designed by architecture company Moneo Brock Studio. The church is located in Monterrey, Mexico. It has a very laconic and minimalistic design. The white color and the lightness make the space of the church look and feel comfortable – less formal and more with a modern approach.
It has a 1600.0 sqm large space and its main entry opens right onto the plaza, and with an unobstructed width of 11.5 meters, this opening allows for the visual connection of the interior space to the plaza.
“With this project of contemporary architecture, we engage in a dialogue where the spaces of the temple not only allow for teachings, social activities, rites and celebrations, but also represent a development of an architectural language with a long history, speaking of continuity but also renewal. We see this church as a place of meditation as well as a social and educational center,” comments the designers.
The design of the church presents recognizable architectural features taken from early Christian temple prototypes, such as the bell tower, the stained-glass windows, the frontal altar, the baptistery, the choir, the three chapels and the lateral courtyard.
A long glass wall runs the length of the nave giving views of an enclosed patio. Above the area, there a rose window, a nine-square grid opening to the west with colored glass. To the southeast, three small chapels each enjoy daylight from high skylights.
The building of the Pueblo Serena Church is not only impressive with its outdoor architecture but what might catch your attention as well is the cut-out cross form on the front wall, through which the natural light of the sun shines and make the indoors very light and more spiritual.
