Chapel – figures and space
The history of the chapel dates back to the founding of the first menhir, the distant forefather of the modern column. It was a stone figure standing upright in the landscape and…
The history of the chapel dates back to the founding of the first menhir, the distant forefather of the modern column. It was a stone figure standing upright in the landscape and offering space for moments of silence and reflection. Even in our current secular times a chapel can facilitate such moments, through a direct architectural experience on the scale of the individual. In this context, the place – in a landscape or in an urban context – plays an essential role in the meaning that the chapel occupies as a space created by man. During the studio you dissect a wide range of examples. This happens in word, image and drawing. Together they form a collective atlas. The construction of a model is the core of the process.
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