Det­ta­glio del pro­get­to ed. 2024

bosjes / Uni­ted Kingdom

Coe­tzee Steyn

Pro­get­ti­sta Coe­tzee Steyn
Loca­tion R43, Wol­se­ley, Western Cape
Nazio­ne South Afri­ca
Desi­gn Team

Steyn Stu­dio — Desi­gn Archi­tect (UK)
TV3 Archi­tec­ts — Local Exe­cu­ti­ve Archi­tec­ts (South Africa)
Anno 2016
Cre­di­ti Fotografici

BosjesChapelView1,2,3 & 5 = Adam Letch
BoshesChapelInteriorViews1,2,3,4,5 — Adam Letch
BosjesChapelView4 = Dook

Foto ester­ni

Descri­zio­ne del progetto

Con­tra­ry to most tra­di­tio­nal chur­ches; the open­ness of the Bosjes Cha­pel crea­tes a strong con­nec­tion with natu­re. Here the stai­­ned-glass win­do­ws of old are repla­ced by the tape­stry of God’s crea­tion. The distant views are jux­ta­po­sed by the inti­ma­cy felt insi­de the cha­pel; crea­ting a spa­ce of reflec­tion. God is near­by. Wan­ting to crea­te a sen­se of awe and invi­si­ble power, the roof was ini­tial­ly con­cei­ved as a levi­ta­ting con­cre­te slab, and was even­tual­ly sha­ped poe­ti­cal­ly into its ico­nic form by gra­vi­ty, Cape Dutch archi­tec­tu­ral influen­ces, and a small note from the client with Psalm 36:7 writ­ten on it.

The val­ley in which Bosjes is loca­ted, is sur­roun­ded by grand and maje­stic moun­tains. Typi­cal­ly the baro­que gables of tra­di­tio­nal Cape Dutch manor hou­ses , as is found on Bosjes, sets up visual dia­lo­gue with the­se moun­tains. The Bosjes cha­pel reflec­ts a simi­lar rela­tion­ship with the moun­tains. Its pro­fi­le, archi­tec­tu­ral form and mas­sing responds sculp­tu­ral­ly to the moun­tain backdrop.

Simi­lar­ly the text of Psalm 36:7 is also con­si­de­red as an impor­tant poe­tic infor­ma­ti­ve and its inter­pre­ta­tion, archi­tec­tu­ral­ly, as a struc­tu­re which ‘floats/glides’ effor­tles­sly, and has motion yet sta­tic. The sculp­tu­ral form emu­la­tes the sur­roun­ding moun­tains as well as the poe­tic motion of flight sought. 

The form is fur­ther refi­ned by means of the inter­pre­ta­tion of the baro­que ‘holbol’(/ˈhɔlbɔl/) gable, found on the Bosjes manor hou­se. The main cha­rac­te­ri­stic of a ‘hol­bol’ (/ˈhɔlbɔl/) gable is that of the com­bi­na­tion of out­ward in inward cur­va­tu­res which resul­ts in a series of visual ‘peaks’ and ‘val­leys’ within the cha­pel roof.

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