This is one of the three concrete churches built in Brussels during the inter-war period. Designed by the architect Joseph Diongre, who would go on to design the Belgian Radio & Television Centre in the Place Flagey, it was completed in 1932. Working to a tight budget, Diongre designed a reinforced concrete building whose structure is supported by six parabolic arches which create a light, spacious nave. The interior is bathed in softly-coloured light which enters via multicoloured stained glass set in 604 prefabricated openings, that have recently been restored. Diongre was obviously influenced by the French engineer Freyssinet's concrete arches in his hangers at Orly airport in Paris and by Auguste Perret's reinforced concrete church at Le Raincy in France.
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Saturday 22 October / Afternoon
Sunday 23 October / Afternoon
Reservation not required.