Detail of the project ed. 2020

RICAR­DO YSLAS GÁMEZ – RLJ CHAPEL

Design­er Ricar­do Yslas
Loca­tion Car­retera Jocote­pec-Cha­­pala 942, Jocote­pec, Jalisco
Design Team

Ricar­do Yslas, Ale­jan­dro Bey­er, Jacobo Díaz, Gus­ta­vo Ortíz, Jor­dan de La Paz, Ernesto Ramírez.
Year 2017
Pho­to credits

Jaime Navar­ro Soto

Pho­to external

Project descrip­tion

Locat­ed in San Juan Cos­alá, Jalis­co, RLJ Chapel con­sist of a reli­gious build­ing that is part of a mas­ter plan for an events and hos­pi­tal­i­ty venue.

Our ini­tial strat­e­gy is based on inte­grat­ing the build­ing into its imme­di­ate con­text, adapt­ing it to the site’s topog­ra­phy and respect­ing the exist­ing veg­e­ta­tion. The use of exposed mate­ri­als is what defines the project, being the exposed con­crete and steel the main mate­ri­als, con­trast­ing with nat­ur­al mate­ri­als such as wood, quar­ry and stone from the region.

To pro­mote the com­mu­ni­ty inte­gra­tion, the chapel’s access was pro­ject­ed over the main road, in such way the inhab­i­tants and vis­i­tors could access the build­ing despite being locat­ed in a pri­vate plot. 

Out­side, the project has an access patio that works as an atri­um, built with carved stone, and com­mu­ni­cates to the restrooms, the sac­risty and the chapel’s inte­ri­or. This com­mon space is sur­round­ed by two mas­sive ele­ments of stone and con­crete, that frames the view towards the moun­tain landscape.

The main vol­ume is formed by two large con­crete walls and a steel struc­ture that shapes the roof. This open struc­ture was designed as a dou­ble-pitched roof that changes into a flat­tened roof. The inte­ri­or is com­posed by a 12 wood bench­es for 72 peo­ple, a choir area and the altar area.

The con­crete walls are extend­ed to house an uncov­ered court­yard ‑that com­mu­ni­cates to the under­ground crypts‑, and holds in the mid­dle a steel cross sus­pend­ed, which was designed and man­u­fac­tured in-house. This patio crowns to the bot­tom with a pink stone wall designed with a geo­met­ri­cal path that empha­size the patio’s depth. 

Our objec­tive was to cre­ate a place of wor­ship with a mate­ri­al­i­ty and sim­plic­i­ty defined by a chapel’s essen­tial ele­ments, where the nat­ur­al light entrance and play of tex­tures cre­ates a serene and emo­tive environment.

Illus­tra­tive project report
Down­load report

Pho­to internal

Tech­ni­cal drawings

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