Glass

Glass Floor – “Burning Bush”

The illuminated step below the tabernacle is made from cast glass, rests on a tempered-glass grate, and can carry a load of up to 500 kg.

For many years it has fulfilled both a practical and decorative function in the presbytery.

Wide presbytery view with the illuminated floor — For many years the step has worked both as a functional part of the presbytery and as an image built through glass and light.

Close view of the cast glass sheet illuminated below the tabernacle

The supporting grate is made from tempered glass, and the floor itself was prepared as an element that can be walked on safely and can carry a load of up to 500 kg.

Close view of the branches and flames relief in the red glass sheet

Glass plates 20 mm to 50 mm thick carry an Old Testament relief.

Branches are visible in the lower part, with flames emerging from them above.

Detail of the thick cast glass sheet with relief — Close views show the relief embedded in the glass mass and the unusual casting of the sheet through its full thickness because of the required strength.

Edge and illumination of the glass floor in the presbytery — Close views show the relief embedded in the glass mass and the unusual casting of the sheet through its full thickness because of the required strength.

Vertical presbytery view with the Burning Bush illuminated floor — The whole realization remains tied to the rhythm of the presbytery: light, the semicircular step, and the wall behind the tabernacle.