San Giovanni Bono church, Modern church in Quartiere Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy.
San Giovanni Bono is a modern church in Milan featuring a striking triangular concrete facade pierced by colored windows of varying sizes. The interior consists of a rectangular nave with a central pillar separating a weekday chapel and a hexagonal baptistery.
The church was planned as part of the new Sant'Ambrogio district, whose layout and buildings were designed by Arrigo Arrighetti, and it was built in 1968. In 1980 a fire destroyed its plastic roof covering, which was then rebuilt in enamelled aluminium sheeting with a different pattern.
The church is dedicated to John the Good, and its layout brings together three interlocking spaces: the liturgical hall, a weekday chapel and a side nave. The altar, placed almost centrally, and the baptismal font in the side nave were both designed by Arrigo Arrighetti himself.
The church stands at the centre of the Sant'Ambrogio district, next to the civic centre, with the parish rooms and oratory attached along its southern side. The three interlocking interior spaces are entered from the facade side, where the sail roof rises to a cusp.
The roof is a sail-shaped shell that rises from the presbytery to a cusp above the facade. Its original plastic cladding burned in a 1980 fire and was rebuilt in enamelled aluminium sheet with a different perforation pattern.
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