Det­ta­glio del pro­get­to ed. 2020

PARA­LE­LA – SAN FRAN­CI­SCO CHAPEL

Desi­gner Jose di Girolamo
Loca­tion VIÑA EL CAM­PE­SI­NO (NO NUM­BER), 9620000, MARIA PIN­TO, CHILE
Desi­gn Team

Jose di Giro­la­mo, Rai­mun­do Sal­ga­do, David Meza, Tri­ni­dad Ame­na­bar, Mar­tin Cor­rea, Jose Manuel Arteaga

Anno 2019
Pho­to credits

All pho­tos by Nico­las Saieh (www.nicosaieh.cl) except for “CSF-pho­­to-EXT‑5” (PHO­TO 5 EXTER­NAL) by Jose di Girolamo

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Descri­zio­ne del progetto

Within the fra­mework of the “Capil­la Pais” pro­ject, during the fir­st weeks of the sum­mer of 2019, more than 500 uni­ver­si­ty volun­teers tra­ve­led to dif­fe­rent loca­tions in Chi­le to build 15 cha­pels to pro­vi­de mee­ting and prayer spa­ces for peo­ple in small and vul­ne­ra­ble com­mu­ni­ties in the coun­try, whe­re peo­ple prac­ti­ce their faith col­lec­ti­ve­ly, sim­ply and hone­stly, far from the insti­tu­tio­nal cri­sis of the church and its hie­rar­chies. The pro­po­sed and exe­cu­ted pro­ject is based on the fol­lo­wing desi­gn principles:

Sym­bo­lic Cha­rac­ter: A struc­tu­re clear­ly reco­gni­sa­ble as a cha­pel, encou­ra­ging prayer as well as the rea­li­sa­tion of social acti­vi­ties. Using the most ele­men­ta­ry ima­ge of a church, based on a sym­me­tri­cal struc­tu­re with a gable roof.

Con­struc­ti­ve Sim­pli­ci­ty: A cha­pel that is built enti­re­ly by uni­ver­si­ty volun­teers, without dif­fi­cul­ties and within the avai­la­ble time fra­me, based on in-situ pre­fa­bri­ca­tion pro­ces­ses and simul­ta­neous assembly. 

Use of Mate­rials: A cha­pel that allo­ws an excel­lent per­for­man­ce of its com­po­nen­ts, both to maxi­mi­ze the use of eco­no­mic resour­ces as well as to mini­mi­se mate­rial loss and loss of time.

Indi­rect Lighting: A cha­pel that takes advan­ta­ge of sun­light to indi­rec­tly illu­mi­na­te the peri­me­ter of the struc­tu­re, with the pos­si­bi­li­ty of also instal­ling arti­fi­cial lighting, pro­vi­ding an atmo­sphe­re of prayer.

Ver­sa­ti­li­ty and Expan­sion: A cha­pel with a basic desi­gn that allo­ws sim­ple varia­tions and enlar­ge­men­ts, depen­ding on the requi­re­men­ts and capa­bi­li­ties of the communities.

Con­di­tio­ning: A cha­pel that allo­ws achie­ving bet­ter ther­mal con­di­tio­ning with sim­ple sub­se­quent inter­ven­tions that the com­mu­ni­ty can exe­cu­te within the wall thic­k­ness gene­ra­ted by the structure.

A rigid gable fra­me is the most essen­tial unit of the cha­pel. The repe­ti­tion of this fra­me forms a base modu­le deter­mi­ned by the length of a stan­dard pla­te. The thic­k­ness of the pil­lars and com­po­si­te trus­ses allow varia­tions in the instal­la­tion of coa­tings, gene­ra­ting various types of addi­tio­nal modu­les (atrium, doors, fini­shing, among other pos­si­bi­li­ties), with mul­ti­ple pos­si­ble com­bi­na­tions allo­wing, on one hand, to adapt the cha­pel to dif­fe­rent geo­gra­phi­cal con­di­tions and loca­tions, and on the other hand, faci­li­ta­te its sub­se­quent expan­sion, without sacri­fi­cing the distinc­ti­ve cha­rac­ter of the proposal.

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