Culture & Education

Private Chapel

15 square meters in the rough surface of a concrete box form the essence of this chapel, the cruciform skylight adding an unexpected plus. Raised slightly of the sloping ground on a single, round column this, somehow, completes the Cartesian geometric requirements. Entrance to the space is gained through an almost invisible door in the steel strip which runs down the middle of the cube.

This significantly reduces the clutter that such an event might cause. The reduced frame of the bell tower completes the religious paraphernalia.

God is in the detail’ Mies van der Rohe
Facts & Credits
Location

Latsia, Nicosia

Area

15 m2

Year of completion

2007

Services
  • Conceptual Design
  • Design Development
  • Supervision
  • Coordination & Project Management
Design team
  • Eraclis Papachristou
  • Elia Ioannou