Lausanne
Première Eglise du Christ, Scientiste
Building data
Denomination | First Church of Christ Scientist
Building type | Church
Year of construction | 1952
Architect | Cahen, Jean-Pierre; Gilliard, Frédéric
Town, canton | Lausanne, VD
Street address | Avenue Sainte-Luce 9
GPS | 46.5178645 6.6329334
Google Maps | Swisstopo
Reuse
Year of reuse | 2023
Ownership | Unchanged
Building interventions | Demolition | New construction
Form of use | Third-party use
Type of use | Residential
Brief information | Demolition and construction of a residential complex comprising 40 flats with a small chapel on the ground floor (architectural practice Richter Dahl Rocha).
Further information | see below
Status of information
Entry created | 2017/08
Entry last updated | 2024/02
Further information
Built in 1952 by Frédéric Gilliard and Jean-Pierre Cahen, the concrete chapel is situated in a densely populated neighbourhood, between the railway station and Saint-François. In recent years, the number of worshippers in the Lausanne Christian Science community has fallen sharply and the spacious premises have been left unused (notably a 450-seat worship hall and a 200-seat Sunday school). Following an initial project that fell through a few years ago, a private investment fund pledged in 2015 to purchase the building (listed as Grade 3 in the architectural register) on condition that it could be demolished to make way for housing and a small place of worship. This latest project was approved by the city in 2017, but work has not yet begun.