The Candle Pavilion project responds sensitively to the historical context of the parish and the immediate proximity of the Montban Chapel. It is conceived as a measured intervention aimed at preserving the site’s existing qualities.

The project asserts a restrained presence, echoing the existing context through its materiality and form. The pavilion initiates a dialogue between old and new, between architecture and its surroundings.

The Candle Pavilion is based on an intentional economy of means. A few essential and precise elements : a wall, a bench, a display case, and a roof. The pavilion takes the form of a landscape intervention, structured by mineral elements emerging from the ground and defining its presence. A concrete slab establishes a perimeter and delineates the different elements composing the whole. It contains and organizes the “objects” that participate in the project’s composition.

A concrete wall rises to accommodate the ex-votos, forming a backdrop for the pavilion while offering a surface that is both protective and capable of capturing light. Nearby, a display case is precisely inserted into this mineral arrangement: a more delicate element that establishes a dialogue between transparency and mass, between metal and mineral. A monolithic bench completes the ensemble, inviting pause and contemplation.

A thin steel roof partially covers the composition and unifies its elements. It rests at discrete points on the mineral components of the project. Supported by slender metal columns, it touches these elements with restraint, revealing by contrast their weight and inertia.

Each element is specifically designed, and the architecture emerges from the precision of the joints and the clarity of the encounters between the different components. Time becomes an active agent in the project: patina, traces of use, and variations in tone gradually anchor the structure within its environment. Architecture and nature interact through light and the changing seasons.