Detail of the project ed. 2020

BRÜCK­N­ER & BRÜCK­N­ER – TRINI­TATIS ECU­MENI­CAL CHAPEL

Design­er Dipl.-Ing. (Univ.) Chris­t­ian Brück­n­er (GF), archi­tect and urban plan­er, Dipl.-Ing. (Univ.) Peter Brück­n­er (GF), archi­tect and urban planer
Loca­tion State Gar­den Show Hub­land, 97074 Wuerzburg, Bavaria, Germany
Design Team

Dipl.-Ing. (Univ.) Chris­t­ian Brück­n­er, archi­tect and urban planer
Dipl.-Ing. (Univ.) Peter Brück­n­er, archi­tect and urban planer
Fabi­an Reuter, M.Sc. Architecture
Simon Schauer, archi­tec­tur­al draughtsman
Ste­fan Jakob
Year 2018
Pho­to credits

mju = mju-fotografie, Marie Luisa Jünger, Hümpfer­shausen (Pho­to 1 Exter­nal, Pho­to 2 Exter­nal, Pho­to 3 Exter­nal, Pho­to 4 Exter­nal, Pho­to 1 Inter­nal, Pho­to 2 Inter­nal, Pho­to 3 Inter­nal, Pho­to 4 Inter­nal, Pho­to 5 Internal)

B&BA = Brück­n­er & Brück­n­er Architek­ten, Tirschen­reuth | Würzburg (Pho­to 5 External)

Pho­to external

Project descrip­tion

Even from a dis­tance, the observ­er can see a clear, pre­cise shape like a crys­tal. The new chapel grows har­mo­nious­ly and dynam­i­cal­ly from the ground, unfolds towards the sky and enters into a dia­logue with the envi­ron­ment. Its numi­nous shell appears sculp­tur­al to the out­side, arous­es curios­i­ty, attracts atten­tion and reflects its sur­round­ings in many facets.
A con­tin­u­ous con­crete bench ele­ment that spi­ral­ly accom­pa­nies the way to the inside invites you to linger. The seat’s height, lev­eled on the lawn, sym­bol­i­cal­ly con­veys the feel­ing of sit­ting direct­ly in the sur­round­ing mead­ow — being con­nect­ed to the earth. The fore­court offers space for out­door encounters.
At out­door events, the chapel, chapel walls and bench form a set­ting that lim­its sound and space and can be staged in dif­fer­ent ori­en­ta­tions. In addi­tion to the approx­i­mate­ly 28 per­ma­nent seats out­side and around 20 seats inside, fold­ing chairs and tables can be added flexibly.
We enter the chapel, feel safe and breathe light. Clar­i­ty forms the space that can be felt and expe­ri­enced as a sacred place.
The mate­ri­als are with­draw­ing. The glu­lam — coat­ed with a light pig­ment­ed col­or — directs the soft graz­ing light inside. This gives the room peace, dig­ni­ty and presence.
In the evening, a dim­ma­ble light frame lets the white paint along the glazed walls. Col­or, mate­r­i­al, rhythm and light cre­ate ten­sion and har­mo­ny. The ves­sel is an oasis, a place of silence and encounter — inside and outside.

Illus­tra­tive project report
Down­load report

Pho­to internal

Tech­ni­cal drawings

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