Article source: PARALELA

Within the framework of the Capilla País project, during the first weeks of the summer of 2019, more than 500 university volunteers traveled to different locations in Chile to build 15 chapels to provide meeting and prayer spaces for people in small and vulnerable communities in the country, where people practice their faith collectively, simply and honestly, far from the institutional crisis of the church and its hierarchies. The proposed and executed project is based on the following design principles:

Symbolic Character: A structure clearly recognizable as a chapel, encouraging prayer as well as the realization of social activities. Using the most elementary image of a church, based on a symmetrical structure with a gable roof.

Image Courtesy © NICO SAIEH

• Architects: PARALELA (José di Girolamo, Raimundo Salgado, David Meza Martín Correa, Trinidad Amenábar, José Manuel Arteaga (Architecture student))
• Project: San Francisco Chapel
• Location: María Pinto, Chile
• Photography: Nico Saieh + PARALELA
• Software used: Autocad
  
• Client: Capilla País Project from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  
• Building Consultants: Martín Hurtado (Architect)
  
• Structural Engineer: Mario Wagner
• Building Supervisors: Fernando Ulloa (Civil Construction Student), Cristóbal Claro (Architecture student)
• Builder: Volunteer students from different universities and careers
• Text translation from Spanish to English: Emma Johansson

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