設計案位置：Mechernich, Germany
建築師：Peter Zumthor
座標：50°35'32"N 6°43'39"E
↗ Bruder Klaus Chapel 剖面圖
A small concrete chapel on the edge of a field built by local farmers. It was cast in concrete around a cluster of 120 tree trunks, cut from a local forest, which were then slowly smoked away. The meticulous arrangement of the trees into a tear or leaf shape created the oculus that provides the only light for the small dark space. The chapel was built to honor Nicholas von Flue, the patron saint of Switzerland also known as Bruder Klaus, and contains his statue along with a single bench and some candles.
Constructed by local farmers using a technique Zumthor calls 『rammed concrete', the chapel's form was created by erecting a structure of converging tree trunks, with an oculus at the top. 12 meter tall walls were then formed around this tree structure - by the farmers pouring 50cm of concrete every day for 24 days [which gave the the chapel its striations]. When the last of the concrete was finished curing, the tree trunks within the structure were burnt out - creating the INCREDIBLE interior shown below.
