Detail of the project ed. 2020

SOUTO MOURA – VAT­I­CAN CHAPEL

Design­er	Eduar­do Souto de Moura
Loca­tion	Island of the San Gior­gio Mag­giore, Venezia
Design Team	Tia­go Simão Sandim
Year	2018
Pho­to credits	Luis Fer­reira Alves

Pho­to external

Project descrip­tion

This chapel is a sim­ple struc­ture, built with large Vicen­za stone ash­lars carved and joined so that they com­pose an elon­gat­ed and par­tial­ly cov­ered trape­zoid. Open­ing at one of the ends, right by a tree, marks the entrance to the space. A ledge on the inside of the walls offers the vis­i­tors a place to sit. The two roof slabs are placed one meter from the rear Wall to let the sun­light pass through. On this wall, behind the stone that can func­tion as an altar, a hor­i­zon­tal line cuts the ver­ti­cal joint of the stones, carv­ing out a cross on the wall.

Illus­tra­tive project report
Down­load report

Pho­to internal

Tech­ni­cal drawings

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