The church was built between 1925 and 1927 as the first pure concrete church in Switzerland by the architect Prof. Karl Moser and the construction company G. Doppler und Sohn in formwork-rough exposed concrete. On September 13, 1931, four years after completion, the church was solemnly consecrated by Bishop Joseph Ambühl. In the early years, the building was also derisively referred to as the soul silo.

The ground plan of the church is rectangular and measures 60 by 22 meters. The height measures 22 meters. The body of the church completely blends in with multi-storey residential buildings on both sides, but is singled out by its higher ridge, the entrance section and the tower. The tower height is 62 meters, with the belfry alone measuring 12 meters with its five bells. Above everything there is a high concrete cross.

Inside, everything is designed in a functional way. Eight slender concrete pillars support the barrel vault and the coffered flat ceilings of the narrow side aisles. Due to the confessionals inside, six cubes protrude slightly from the overall cube. The windows, each 4.80 m wide and 13.80 m high, are subdivided by three vertical and three horizontal concrete mullions, and they essentially characterize the interior through their color and the resulting light effects.

The choir, probably the most architecturally unbalanced part, is not very spacious and is over-furnished. In contrast, the end side of the choir loft and organ is more convincing.

All structural parts, exterior and interior, remained shell-raw and unplastered.


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