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Lieto Church Renovation and Extension

The renewed and extended medieval stone church of Lieto tests the most unshakable foundations of architectural heritage thinking.

Architecturestudio NOAN

Architects Lassi Viitanen, Caspar Åkerblom
Location Kirkkotie 14, Lieto
Gross Area 615 m2
Completion 2024
Old Building around 1470

Photos Antti Partanen

Drawings Architecturestudio NOAN


The medieval stone church was expanded in 1902 with a red brick chancel.
Location and urban structure.

The new section, the Bread Room, is built in the northeast corner of the church. It emulates the exterior shape of the adjacent original sacristy.

The Bread Room is built of massive ceramic blocks. The copper cladding blends it into the church’s exterior architecture. There is a glass vestibule leading to the hexagonal chancel completed in 1902.
Kuusikulmaisen kuorin ja uuden Leipähuoneen välissä on lasinen eteisosa.
Uudet rakenteet toteutettiin siten, että ne eivät kajoa pysyvästi keskiaikaisiin muureihin.
Floor plan.

Noan designed all the fixed and movable furnishings, including the altar, baptismal font, decorative elements, organ facade, additional lighting fixtures, and handles.

In the worship hall, everything except the new altar and organ is movable. The modern chancel is marked with text embedded in the floor.
Kastemalja ja alttari erottuvat orgaanisilla muodoillaan muista kalusteista ja korostavat sakramenttien (kaste ja ehtoollinen) näkymistä kirkkosalissa.
Projections of the main church space.

The worship hall and the old chancel were separated by a glass wall to allow for more versatile use. Thus, the chancel’s altarpiece remains as part of the overall visual experience of the hall.
Leipähuoneen varusteluun kuuluvat pieni keittiö ja esteetön wc. Akustoiva rimapaneeliseinä on kalusteiden tapaan tammea.
Myös sakastissa on uudet, Noanin suunnittelemat kalusteet. Yläsarjan pystyaiheet sitovat kaikki kirkon kalusteet yhdeksi kokonaisuudeksi.

Published in 5 – 2025 - New Visions

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