The path we travel everyday as architects is uncertain and complicated in many aspects, and at the same time it’s magical and gratifying, a way of living. Our work manifests our thinking and our searches, becoming in these few years a resistance to circumstances. We want to continue growing, exploring, learning, risking and resisting this path.
K’umanchikua house is located in an avocado orchard, on a rectangular plot, with a constant slope of 15% and without potable water or drainage services, near the indigenous population of Tarécuato, Michoacán.
The request of the clients was a vacation home, with a living area to receive and host family and friends, and the house had to be deployed in an area of 20×20 without affecting the existing trees.
The architectonic concept for this ecumenical chapel is that the countless columns that disorderly support the rectangular roof for the chapel, are conceived as an analogy of a group of filaments that, when lit with the proper energy, can illuminate our earthly lives with a glimpse of heavenly light.
According to Pythagoras “this world is false and illusive, a turbid medium in which the rays of heavenly light are broken and obscured in mist and darkness”.[1]
On the other hand, Mother Teresa tells us that through constant prayer we can become an instrument of the divine light that illuminates the world.
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“The filaments of the light bulbs are useless if they are not energized.
You, me, are filaments.
The energy is God.
We have the possibility of letting this energy pass through ourselves and let it utilize us in order to produce light for the world”. [2]
[1] Bertrand Russel, A History of Western Philosophy, Simon&Schuster, U.S.A. 2007 pp.32
[2] José Luis Gonzalez-Balado, Madre Teresa ORAR, pensamiento espiritual, Planeta. España 2011 pp.25
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This ecumenical chapel takes advantage of its central position within the residential development to remind its users that spiritual life has become a forgotten priority in our everyday activities; the chapel takes the central stage of the development in order to emphasize the possibility of making the act of praying a useful habit that cannot only help each one of its inhabitants find their own path in life, but also to help everyone of them become an energized filament which produces light for the world.
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This chapel is configured as a lightweight structure, almost ephemeral, that makes itself accessible for everyone at anytime; the chapel dissolves its boundaries in order to impregnate itself of its immediate surroundings and becomes a semi transparent object difficult to idealize. This building performs as a character that acts under the effects of light, that changes with sunlight, that becomes enhanced by its users and celebrates its mission as a catalyst of the everyday activities proper of this residential development.
Image Courtesy Carlos Díaz Corona
Furthermore, spirituality is no longer a luxury for a few, that can only be achieved through a scheduled visit to a sacred site, but it could become a usual state of mind that transforms our everyday lives and becomes one positive influence for the world that surrounds its users.
Alzado frontal : Image Courtesy Carlos Díaz Corona
immediate surroundings and becomes a semi transparent object difficult to idealize. This building performs as a character that acts under the effects of light, that changes with sunlight, that becomes enhanced by its users and celebrates its mission as a catalyst of the everyday activities proper of this residential development.
Alzado lateral : Image Courtesy Carlos Díaz Corona
Furthermore, spirituality is no longer a luxury for a few, that can only be achieved through a scheduled visit to a sacred site, but it could become a usual state of mind that transforms our everyday lives and becomes one positive influence for the world that surrounds its users.
Planta baja : Image Courtesy Carlos Díaz Corona
Seccion B : Image Courtesy Carlos Díaz Corona
Seccion B : Image Courtesy Carlos Díaz Corona
Planta baja : Image Courtesy Carlos Díaz Corona
Alzado lateral : Image Courtesy Carlos Díaz Corona
Alzado frontal : Image Courtesy Carlos Díaz Corona
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