Detail of the project ed. 2020

PLANO HUMANO ARQUI­TEC­TOS – OUR LADY OF FATI­MA CHAPEL

Design­er	Pedro Fer­reira e Hele­na Vieira
Loca­tion	Monte Tri­go, 6060–181 Idan­ha-a-Nova, Portugal
Design Team	Pedro Fer­reira Hele­na Vieira João Martins
Year	2017
Pho­to credits	João Mor­ga­do — Archi­tec­tur­al Photography

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Project descrip­tion

In a plateau area, sur­round­ed by a rur­al envi­ron­ment, with an extra­or­di­nary panoram­ic view, this is the Chapel of the Por­tuguese Nation­al Scout´s Activ­i­ties Camp.
Thought out for Scouts, as a very sim­ple form, in a rein­ter­pre­ta­tion of a clas­si­cal tent, was the own scout­ing ide­ol­o­gy that served as a con­cep­tu­al inspi­ra­tion for the project. A sober and sim­ple lifestyle, allied with strong faith and com­mit­ment, dic­tat­ed the base lines for this tem­ple, depu­rat­ed, ver­i­ta­ble and yet transcendent.
A sim­ple and sacred tent for all, the place for physic and divine shel­ter, to live and com­mem­o­rate faith with­in the great cre­ation, nature, that was embraced by the project as an insep­a­ra­ble piece.
The essence of the project presents litur­gi­cal ele­ments that found Chris­t­ian expe­ri­ence and prac­tice. The entrance of the tem­ple is marked by a foun­tain, a point of water that is born in the begin­ning of the struc­ture, in a clear allu­sion to the entrance in Catholic life. The water sta­b­lish­es a course that cross­es all the inte­ri­or space, and devel­ops to the Altar, in men­tion to Chris­t­ian life, and guides the user to the holy cross stand­ing out­side, in the land­scape, and thus to nature itself, con­tem­plat­ing some­thing supe­ri­or, divine.
Mate­ri­als were elect­ed by their char­ac­ter­is­tics of resis­tance, dura­bil­i­ty and com­fort, but also by their inte­gra­tion with the nat­ur­al envi­ron­ment and the project con­cept. The wood and zinc struc­ture give the tem­ple a pro­tec­tive exte­ri­or aspect and cre­ate a cozy interior.
The water foun­tain and course, and the Altar are made in nat­ur­al stone, a tra­di­tion­al and noble mate­r­i­al, select­ed for its strength and robust­ness per­cep­tion, inten­tion­al­ly con­nect­ed to these litur­gi­cal elements.
The remain­ing ele­ments are made of wood, an equal­ly tra­di­tion­al and noble mate­r­i­al, with com­fort characteristics.
The arti­fi­cial light­ing is designed to high­light the expres­sive­ness of all the inte­ri­or and exte­ri­or space, highlight´s and frames the build­ing with the sur­round­ing nature and stars above, enrich­ing the dimen­sions of the archi­tec­ture, and giv­ing it an ethe­re­al dimension.

Illus­tra­tive project report
Down­load report

Pho­to internal

Tech­ni­cal drawings

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