{"id":14843,"date":"2019-06-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/granda.com\/saint-michael-the-archangel-un-espacio-para-la-oracion-en-la-catholic-university-of-america-washington\/"},"modified":"2024-02-13T13:50:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T12:50:45","slug":"saint-michael-the-archangel-a-space-for-prayer-at-catholic-university-of-america-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granda.com\/en\/saint-michael-the-archangel-un-espacio-para-la-oracion-en-la-catholic-university-of-america-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Michael the Archangel, a space for prayer at the Catholic University of America (Washington)"},"content":{"rendered":"

On March 18, 2019, the Mass of consecration of the n.ew chapel for the new building of the Busch School of business<\/strong>belonging to the Catholic University of America.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The chapel, located in a refurbished building within the university campus<\/strong>was carried out from our workshops in Spain, working in close collaboration with a local construction company.<\/p>\n

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CLADDING AND INTERIOR DESIGN<\/strong><\/p>\n

The design of the interior space and the arrangement of the elements was based on the idea of combining a modern style, with defined lines and open spaces, with a more classic one.<\/strong>The building, which originally housed the chemical laboratory. The construction, which originally housed the chemical laboratory Martin Maloney is<\/i> from gothic style<\/strong> and was built in 1917 by the architect Frederick Vernon Murphy, trained at the \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.<\/p>\n

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The materials used for the cladding were chosen for their clarity and robustness: marble for the walls and floor, wood for the carvings and metal finishes for elements such as the tabernacle and the front of the altar. <\/span><\/p>\n

THE TABERNACLE, SPIRITUAL CENTER OF THE SCHOOL<\/strong><\/p>\n

The tabernacle is undoubtedly the central element of the chapel. It is symbolic that this place of recollection is located in the central core of the building<\/strong>It also houses high-tech classrooms, equipment study rooms and offices. This is at the express wish of the school, which, from the very beginning, has wanted to \"create a new school\".to have Our Lord present and intimately integrated from an architectural point of view\".<\/strong>\u00a0as a tangible sign of the unity of life it promotes through its curriculum.<\/p>\n

The design of the tabernacle is based on the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception<\/a> of the CUA campus itself<\/strong>. The structure is made of white dolomite marble and on it rests a dome enameled in blue. In the front we find three pieces of enamel filling, the framed door and two starry plates with the same blue background, framing it. Above the door rests the golden image of St. Michael the Archangel, hand modeled in our workshops and then reproduced in bronze.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t

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