Det­ta­glio del pro­get­to ed. 2016

capi­l­­la-de-la-pie­­dra / Nóme­na Arquitectura

Pro­get­ti­sta	Hec­tor Loli Rizo Patrón
Loca­tion	Cie­ne­guil­la, Lima, Perú
Desi­gn Team	Nóme­na Arqui­tec­tu­ra + Xime­na Álvarez
Anno	2010
Cre­di­ti Fotografici	PHO­TO­GRA­PHER ( ALL PHO­TOS ) : JUAN SOLANO

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Descri­zio­ne del progetto

The de la Pie­dra Cha­pel is loca­ted at the mar­gin of the Lurín river and besi­de the Lomas de Castil­la hill, in the district of Cie­ne­guil­la, east of the city of Lima.
The area is cha­rac­te­ri­zed for a natu­ral con­text of desert vege­ta­tion, in con­tact with the foo­thills of the Andes moun­tain chain.
The com­mis­sion was to desi­gn, within a rural lot, a pri­va­te cha­pel for a cou­ple who values solitude.
This con­ti­nuous spi­ral crea­tes an enclo­su­re within the vast­ness of the plot, and by means of reflec­tion and sur­pri­se, values the tran­si­tion from the “pro­fa­ne” of eve­ry­day life to a pro­found­ly “sacred” spa­ce whe­re ver­ti­ca­li­ty is the means to approach the divine.
Its ortho­go­nal geo­me­try allo­ws to dif­fe­ren­tia­te sta­ges throu­ghout the pil­gri­ma­ge. The fir­st appro­xi­ma­tion takes pla­ce in con­tact with natu­re, accom­pa­ny­ing the river and vani­shing the visual towards the valley.
Fur­ther ahead, the water appears as a puri­fy­ing ele­ment, whil­st allo­wing the con­fron­ta­tion with one’s self.
The patio pro­vi­des the neces­sa­ry pau­se for reflec­tion. An enclo­su­re is crea­ted which com­ple­tes the sur­roun­dings: the height of the visual deter­mi­nes a new hori­zon, gathe­ring natu­re (exte­rior) and archi­tec­tu­re (inte­rior) on a same plane.
The ver­ti­ca­li­ty of the inte­rior attemp­ts to approach the divi­ne, under­li­ned by a sky­light which is hid­den behind a suspen­ded pla­ne. No typo­lo­gi­cal or sym­bo­lic refe­ren­ces which mani­fe­st a reli­gious cha­rac­ter are deli­be­ra­te­ly used. The mate­rials are auste­re and ele­men­tal in order to dis­sol­ve in the experience.
The pro­ject is sol­ved as an abstract object, althou­gh the mul­ti­ple lec­tu­re under­lies in all of its com­po­nen­ts. When disco­ve­ring the inte­rior, a cross is con­fi­gu­red on per­spec­ti­ve bet­ween the ver­ti­cal of the open door and the hori­zon­tal of the exte­rior bench. The altar has a dual func­tion: on the insi­de for indi­vi­dual medi­ta­tion and on the outsi­de for mass ceremonies.

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