Interdenominational Religious Studies Center

Interdenominational Religious Studies Center

De espíritus y atmosferas:

El espacio arquitectónico y los ritos espiritistas en Puerto Rico

Designer: Néstor Lebrón González
Thesis Director: Prof. Humberto Cavallin
Consultants: Edwin Quiles, arch. Carmen A. Pérez Herranz
PhD Thesis: UPR March – May 2013
Location: Santurce, Puerto Rico


Within the contrasts of the heart of Santurce, the new Center for the Study of Interdenominational Religions (CEIR) inhabits interstitial urban spaces with new voids. Thanks to the CEIR, the implemented program will complement and strengthen the community that includes Sacred Heart University campus, the Respuesta locale, as well as, the Ciudadela housing complex. Santurce would house the first all-inclusive non-domestic space for interdenominational syncretism’s and religious practices, such as, spiritualism and its variations, and, santerismo.