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| Photography: Pietro Savorelli. |
Places of worship can often, though certainly
not always, be places of dull architectural repetitiveness. Not so in
Wachendorf, Germany, where 2009 Pritzker Prize Laureate Peter Zumthor created
this interestingly designed, and even more interestingly constructed, chapel.
Bruder Klaus Field Chapel was
commissioned and largely constructed by Hermann-Josef and Trudel Scheidtweiler
to commemorate 15th Century Saint Nicholas von Flüe - who goes by this other alias.
Its construction in 2007 was a trial of
patience and endeavour. 112 tree trunks were stood together to form a wigwam-esque
structure. Concrete was then poured and compacted around the exterior, layer
after layer, over 24 days.
Once the concrete was firmly set, a
fire was lit inside the chapel to remove the wooden structure, leaving a rugged,
ridged concrete interior.
Lead was melted on site and ladled
carefully to form the chapel floor.
What remains is a humble interior in pious asceticism and adorned with little more than a simple and similarly rough bronze statue by late sculptor Hans Josephsohn. The exterior is angular, bright, and rigid, contrasting with the interior’s tear-shaped and curved floor-plan.
What remains is a humble interior in pious asceticism and adorned with little more than a simple and similarly rough bronze statue by late sculptor Hans Josephsohn. The exterior is angular, bright, and rigid, contrasting with the interior’s tear-shaped and curved floor-plan.
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| Photograph: Walter Mair |
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