The aim of the project was to develop a small, self-built chapel that would use the potential and resources of a defined local environment exclusively (property and work within the family). In this context, architecture is not only understood as a product, but also as a production process involving local materials and the people involved with their respective skills and competencies.

The mountain chapel is a place of devotion and contemplation. Although it has a simple liturgical programme at the request of the builders, it is not a consecrated place of worship in the ecclesiastical sense. It is a place to pause, free from functional and liturgical constraints, and open to many possibilities. Overused and little-scrutinised symbols and well-intentioned gestures are viewed from a cultural-aesthetic perspective and eliminated. The built space should be interpreted as an image, rather than as housing that is, at best, filled or decorated. The 'pure space', the deliberate emptiness, creates tension and anticipation, providing a visual counterpart to acoustic silence.

The simple, rectangular floor plan and steeply pitched roof are characteristic of the chapel's appearance: The walls, floor and roof are constructed from traditionally 'knitted' timber profiles to form a block without additional connecting elements. The dimensions and proportions of the chapel are determined by a single profile cross-section based on the golden ratio. Offset gable walls and gable triangles interlocked with slats mediate between the exterior and interior. They ensure that the self-contained interior is lit and serve as a filter and protection from the weather. In accordance with traditional building processes, all materials are sourced from the immediate surroundings, thus becoming a transformation of the site itself.