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Capela
João Morgado

Capela

Inserted in Teresa Gonçalves Garden of the Dst Group, in Braga, Portugal, Capela rests as a place for reflection, spiritual rest and natural surrounding contemplation.

The two volumes of concrete are interrupted by an incision, a free crossing, separating the divine spot from the human seat, not touching each other.

Inside, both plans are inhabited in a quiet way. One by a bench for contemplation and the other by a suspended cross of Christ.

At night, the beam of light, flowing through the opening and by the Uglass ends, transforms these concrete blocks into a light matter.

 

Material Used :
Floor 
Concrete/ Concrete floor slabs / Mota-Engil | Portugal

Pavement crossing 
Weathering steel / Corten plates / Bysteel, Fs_Dst Group| Portugal
Red adobe pavement / Dst Group | Portugal

Walls 
Concrete and UGlass / Mota-Engil and Dst Group | Portugal

Interior lighting 
Copper/ Copper oil lamp burner / Dst Group | Portugal

Interior equipment
Concrete / Concretebench / Carrilho da Graça| Portugal
Wood and ceramics / cross of Christ / Alberto Péssimo | Portugal

Ironworks 
Steel / Bysteel, Fs_Dst Group | Portugal

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