Lauritsala's stone church dared something new: its plan is a right-angled triangle, and its 47-metre prestressed suspended roof was the first work in Finland built with slip-form casting.
Look for: Follow the log-rafting boat hanging from the ceiling, a nod to the nearby wood-processing industry, and let the soft overhead light draw you toward the corner altar's crucifix by artist Radoslaw Gryta.
Stone church. Lauritsala church represents in its floor plan and technical execution a new and boldly designed church type that had several successors. The church's ground plan is a right-angled triangle. The church hall's 47-metre-high roof, a pre-stressed hanging concrete shell, is the first construction work in Finland executed with slip-form technique.
In the church hall, soft overhead light falls from a large window in the roof wall. The church hall floor with pews descends centrally toward the altar placed in the corner of the triangle. The crucifix on the altar was made by artist Radosław Grytan. A hanging boat reminds of the nearby wood-processing industry.
Official description (Museovirasto) — machine-translated from Finnish
Lauritsala Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church in the Lauritsala district of Lappeenranta, Finland. The church was opened in December 1969. The modernist concrete design was created by architect Toivo Korhonen and architect student Jaakko Laapotti. The basis of the design is an equilateral triangle symbolising the Holy Trinity.
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