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Funerary chapel
Funerary chapel
Sciacca, Italy
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Funerary chapel
Sciacca, Italy
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2024
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
BUDGET
$10K - 50K
The funerary chapel in the cemetery of Sciacca is a compact volume clad with vertical elements that articulate and dematerialize the walls.
The core of the project lies in the interior space for prayer and spiritual reflection, conceived in relation to the mystical dimension of light—an entity that expresses creation, to which life itself belongs.
The small internal dimensions, approximately 2 × 2 m, suggested visually extending the space beyond the limits of the “box” through a filter of vertical corten steel elements which, in two modulations, envelop the space on two sides. At the same time, this filter, through the pattern of shadows cast inside by daylight, generates a dynamic and ever-changing space, evoking earthly existence.
In addition to corten steel, the interior space is characterized by exposed structural concrete walls with a brass and corten cross, a lamp in brass and carved marble, and a monolithic concrete bench. The access door to the storage room and ossuaries, made of corten steel, incorporates the plaques bearing the names of the deceased and their identification. The floor is made of loose countryside pebbles, serving as a further reference and connection to nature.
The interior spatiality of the chapel is also achieved by resolving the challenging functional requirement of accommodating ten above-ground burial niches. The solution involves placing the coffins from the outside: for the entombment of the bodies, the corten cladding of the south façade can be opened by means of four hinged panels with concealed hinges.
Sounds of nature and silence, light and shadow, materiality and lightness alternate and interpenetrate within the sacred space of the chapel, representing the eternal duality of life and death.
The core of the project lies in the interior space for prayer and spiritual reflection, conceived in relation to the mystical dimension of light—an entity that expresses creation, to which life itself belongs.
The small internal dimensions, approximately 2 × 2 m, suggested visually extending the space beyond the limits of the “box” through a filter of vertical corten steel elements which, in two modulations, envelop the space on two sides. At the same time, this filter, through the pattern of shadows cast inside by daylight, generates a dynamic and ever-changing space, evoking earthly existence.
In addition to corten steel, the interior space is characterized by exposed structural concrete walls with a brass and corten cross, a lamp in brass and carved marble, and a monolithic concrete bench. The access door to the storage room and ossuaries, made of corten steel, incorporates the plaques bearing the names of the deceased and their identification. The floor is made of loose countryside pebbles, serving as a further reference and connection to nature.
The interior spatiality of the chapel is also achieved by resolving the challenging functional requirement of accommodating ten above-ground burial niches. The solution involves placing the coffins from the outside: for the entombment of the bodies, the corten cladding of the south façade can be opened by means of four hinged panels with concealed hinges.
Sounds of nature and silence, light and shadow, materiality and lightness alternate and interpenetrate within the sacred space of the chapel, representing the eternal duality of life and death.
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