Article source: Alejandro Beautell

Program needs

It is requested to draft a project for a building destined for the Catholic worship, in the type of a chapel or an hermitage dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. The temple, according to the requirements of the property, allows a capacity of 40 people and requires a liturgical celebration to be held there weekly. Due to the current economic shortage, there is requested a building which will optimize the available limited resources.

Image Courtesy © Efraín Pintos

• Architects: Alejandro Beautell
  
• Project: SAINT JOHN BAPTIST CHAPEL
• Location: El Hierroisland, Tenerife, CanaryIslands, Spain
• Photographer: Efraín Pintos
• Client: Tenerife Bishopric.
• Team: Jorge Díaz, Arch., Eloy Fernández, QuantitySurveyor, Efraín Pintos Photographer
• Constructor: Construcciones Expósito
• Year Built: June 2013
• Budget: 54.000 €
• Covered area: 77,15 m²
• Structure: Reinforced concrete
• Walls: Plaster of tiroliano (canarian volcanic stone crashed) and bush-hammered concrete
• Seats and floor: Trowelled concrete
• Door and windows: Steel and yellow glass