Article source: Elisa Valero Ramos

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. In this way, the perfection of the invention resides in the absence of invention.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Land of People

On the tropical coast, south of Sierra Nevada, and very close to the sea, rises a slender tower that indicates the presence of a new church. The virgin vine that climbs its north facade seems to want to reconquer the gained land to the nature. It is a simple piece of concrete, close and accessible, set among the trees[1] of an open garden.

Image Courtesy © Fernando Alda

• Architects: Elisa Valero Ramos
• Project: Church in Playa Granada
• Location: Rector Lorenzo Morillas Cuevas street, Playa Granada, Motril, Spain
• Photography: Fernando Alda
• Client: Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Carmen
• Constructor: Construcciones Calderon S.L.
• Constructed Surface: 891,20 sqm / 9592,79 sqf
• Work: April 2015 / July 2016

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