A Heptagonal Church and City. Development, Form and Mean-ing of the Pilgrimage City of Scherpenheuvel under the Archdukes Albert and Isabella”.

在佛兰德布拉班特Scherpenheuvel/Montaigu村的核心--陡峭的山丘上，西班牙大公夫妇阿尔伯特和伊莎贝拉在17世纪初创造了一个非凡的七角形朝圣组合。该研究项目旨在分析和解释谢尔彭海维尔的起源、形状和方案，考虑到它的三个不同规模：城镇的理想规划、中央规划的教堂和教堂由三个同心排列的图像方案组成的多层艺术装饰。不仅从佛兰德人的角度，而且在17世纪建筑的更广泛的背景下，其同心布局都必须被认为是一个独特的案例，首次使用建筑考古学的专门方法进行了记录和审查。准确的调查将有助于确定教堂建筑和城市规划的构思和建设的不同阶段。这将有助于可视化大公项目的原始外观以及它在后来的时期是如何被修改的。同时，系统地汇编、分析和解释了有关建筑群体、其设计和施工过程的书面资料和学术文献。这些肖像节目正从艺术史的角度进行审查。因此，微观和宏观方法相结合，以获得关于朝圣地点的建筑年代学、类型、用途和图像学以及政治和宗教目的的全面了解。在项目的第一阶段，对朝圣地点的个人规模(城市规划、建筑、艺术项目)进行了深入的记录和分析。在该网站的可读性和意义上，出现了前景看好的跨学科见解。在此基础上，第二阶段旨在实现以下目标：1.完成因持续的流行病而被推迟的建筑文件/研究；将文件范围扩大到前奥拉托利亚修道院2。进一步分析该乐团与当代意大利和佛兰德建筑的关系，以了解其在17世纪早期建筑史上的象征意义3。根据第一阶段提出的问题和假设，进一步研究三个图片化方案4.深入交叉阅读所有组成部分(城市规划、建筑、图片化方案)5.向科学界、地方决策者和公众展示成果

On the 'steep hill' – which is the nucleus of the village of Scherpenheuvel/Montaigu in Flemish Brabant – the Spanish archducal couple Albert and Isabella created an extraordinary heptagonal Pilgrimage ensemble of the early seventeenth century. The research project aims to analyse and interpret the genesis, the shape, and the program of Scherpenheuvel considering its three different levels of scale: the ideal plan of the town, the centrally planned church and the church's multi-layered artistic decoration consisting of three concentrically arranged iconographic programmes. The ensemble - whose concentric layout must be considered a unique case not only from the Flemish perspective but also in the broader context of seventeenth-century architecture - is documented and examined employing the specialised methods of building archaeology for the first time. An accurate survey will help to identify different stages of conceiving and constructing the church building and the city's plan. This will help to visualise the original appearance of the archducal project and how it was modified in later periods. Simultaneously, written sources as well as scholarly literature concerning the building ensemble, its design and construction process are systematically compiled, analysed, and interpreted. The iconographic programs are being examined from an art historical perspective. Microscopic and macroscopic approaches are thus combined in order to gain a comprehensive understanding of the pilgrimage site regarding its building chronology, typology, use and iconology as well as political and religious purposes.During the first phase of the project the pilgrimage site‘s individual scales (urban planning, architecture, artistic programs) were documented and analysed in depth. Promising interdisciplinary insights emerged on the site's readability and meaning. On this basis, the second phase aims at the following objectives:1. completing the building documentation/research which was delayed due to the on-going pandemic; extending the scope of documentation to the former Oratorian monastery2. further analysis regarding the ensemble’s relationship to contemporary Italian and Flemish architecture in order to understand its emblematic relevance within the history of early seventeenth-century architecture3. further research into the three iconographic programs based on the questions and hypotheses that emerged from the first phase 4. in-depth cross-reading of all components (urban planning, architecture, iconographic programs)5. presenting results to the scientific community, local decision-makers and the public