Det­ta­glio del pro­get­to ed. 2020

TAL­LER ARCHI­TEC­TS – SAN CLA­VER CHAPEL

Desi­gner Pablo Fore­ro
Loca­tion San­tan­der­ci­to, Colombia
Desi­gn Team

Pablo Fore­ro
Julian Restrepo
Manue­la Mosquera
Valen­ti­na Sastoque
Car­los Hernández
Seba­stián Castrillón
Juan Cami­lo Salazar
Bru­na Britto
Wil­liam Maya
Jai­me Ruiz
Jose Fer­nan­do Sierra
Felix Muñoz
Anno 2018
Pho­to credits

Pho­to 1 exte­rior: Diez Vein­te Estudio
Pho­to 2 exte­rior: Diez Vein­te Estudio
Pho­to 3 exte­rior: Diez Vein­te Estudio
Pho­to 4 exte­rior: Diez vein­te Estudio
Pho­to 5 exte­rior: Diez Vein­te Estudio
Pho­to 1 Inte­rior: Diez Vein­te Estudio
Pho­to 2 Inte­rior: Diez Vein­te Estudio
Pho­to 3 Inte­rior: TAL­LER Architects
Pho­to 4 Inte­rior: Diez Vein­te Estudio
Pho­to 5 Inte­rior: Diez Vein­te Estudio

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Descri­zio­ne del progetto

In the outskirts of Bogo­tá, the Socie­ty of Jesus in Colom­bia have tran­sfor­med a for­mer cof­fee farm into their own spi­ri­tual retreat. In the midd­le of the tro­pi­cal esta­te lies a lar­ge hou­se, a cha­rac­te­ri­stic typo­lo­gy found in the region. In the 90’s the hou­se was retro­fit­ted to suit their requi­re­men­ts: lod­ging, mee­ting rooms and a small cha­pel; all within a sin­gle roof. As the retreat grew suc­ces­sful, the need to impro­ve their faci­li­ties also grew. A new cha­pel was to be erec­ted to give room for more lod­gings and pro­per mee­ting rooms within the house. 

The omni­pre­sen­ce of the hou­se and its sym­me­try dic­ta­tes a clear axis within the site, the cere­mo­nial axis. The Cha­pel, named after the Spa­nish Jesuit prie­st and patron saint of sla­ves in Colom­bia, Peter Cla­ver, is ali­gned with said axis and loca­ted in front of the main facade. 

The loca­tion of the cha­pel helps acti­va­te the for­mer entry pla­za and the steep topo­gra­phy con­ce­des a pri­vi­le­ged posi­tion within a lush green site, com­ple­te­ly sur­roun­ded by tro­pi­cal vege­ta­tion all year-round. 

When con­fron­ted with this beau­ti­ful pla­ce, con­tra­ry to tra­di­tion, we felt that as archi­tec­ts, the­re was not much for us to do. Thus the main gestu­re for the cha­pel is a thre­shold, a con­cre­te por­tal that marks the tran­si­tion from pro­fa­ne to sacred. Within the sacred spa­ce, a levi­ta­ting floor and a shel­te­ring roof will suf­fi­ce. The glass enclo­su­re allo­ws the sur­roun­ding natu­re insi­de. The cross, loca­ted outsi­de, rein­for­ces the sacra­li­ty of natu­re as god’s creation. 

Whi­le cha­pels and sacred spa­ces neces­sa­ri­ly call for intro­spec­tion, Saint Cla­ver Cha­pel also calls for an open and direct rela­tion­ship with natu­re. The cha­pel has no walls, the­re­fo­re empha­si­sing the rela­tion­ship bet­ween us humans, and the natu­ral envi­ron­ment. If socie­ty is to thri­ve, we must learn to live in har­mo­ny with god’s creation.

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