The project is based on a request from a family of stonemasons, caretakers of the pilgrimage shrine that severs for annual local celebrations. For various reasons it was decided to build a new chapel in an extremely arid and beautiful spot in the northern province of the Murcia countryside, not far from where the original shrine is located.
The desert-like environment made us immediately think of something related to the dry land of the place itself and the stone blocks the activity of our client generates.
We proposed a curve unlike the neighboring buildings constructed entirely in concrete and sandstone fragments from the family quarry. The gaps in the concrete volume would hold lattice carved stone blocks of the same type.
The singular volume is presented in an indefinite scale thanks to the lack of references. An almost domestic interior shelter space and environment produces the necessary isolation and protection. The position of the altar allows its use from the outside, thus facilitating families gathering in the fields.
