ABSTRACT
Mortar joints are expected to support the consistency of standardised dimensional modules, delivering predictable spacing between each brick, in adherence to brick dimension tables published in manufacturer’s catalogues and construction manuals. The mortar joints at St Peter’s are, of course, meticulously controlled. In standard construction, the mortar joint remains predictably consistent as a subservient 10mm module supporting brick as the primary material. The discrepancy between Sigurd Lewerentz’s proposals for a 100mm modular brick, and the delivered 80mm brick, was to be taken up by ‘broader mortar joints.’ The drawings are described not as definitive instructions made in advance of construction, but instead as evolving explorations simultaneous to the act of construction. Architect Lewerentz’s Church of St Peter, Klippan, Sweden, designed and constructed from 1963 to 1966, is located in a large garden site on the east of the town of Klippan, Western Sweden.
