La Escondida Chapel sits in rural La Garza in Mexico
Designed by Apaloosa Estudio de Arquitectura y Diseño in collaboration with Walter Hugo Flores, La Escondida Chapel sits in the rural area of La Garza in Mexico. A public space amid a housing complex, the chapel seeks to spatially create a connection with its users while fostering direct spiritual connection with the divine. Its pavilion-like form crafted from steel and wood encourages visitors to become enveloped by the large-scale, open space and gaze upwards for a celestial experience. Its deliberate placement, visible yet requiring a lengthy journey towards it, creates a reference for its surroundings and imparts a sense of anticipation to approaching worshippers.
all images courtesy of Apaloosa Estudio de Arquitectura y Diseño
Apaloosa Estudio crafts a pavilion-like experience
La Escondida Chapel manifests the universal human quest for a celestial connection, exploring the interstitium — a space that channels the infusion of natural zenithal light and fosters a communion between the worshipper and the divine. Apaloosa Estudio de Arquitectura y Diseño (more here) embraces the concept of an intangible direct relationship, acknowledging the personal or collective pursuit of expression with a higher being.
To enhance this connection, the project introduces a silo that serves as a conductor of light, absorbing, sifting, and diffusing natural light while controlling its intensity within the interior space. The feature’s strategic height also ensures a uniform distribution of temperature, creating an atmosphere conducive to spiritual reflection.
sited in the rural area amid a housing complex
Apaloosa Estudio de Arquitectura y Diseño unveils La Escondida Chapel
a silo serves as a conductor of light
its deliberate placement, visible yet requiring a lengthy journey towards it, creates a sense of anticipation
the opening absorbs, sifts, and diffuses it while controlling its intensity within
project info:
name: La Escondida Chapel
location: Mexico
architecture: Apaloosa Estudio de Arquitectura y Diseño, Walter Hugo Flores
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