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Main Entrance / Metro Cubico Digital
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Cohen Chapel
PrizeHonorable Mention in Architectural Design / Small Architecture
Firm LocationPorto, Portugal
Project locationSwiss Alps
CompanyJoaquim Portela Arquitetos
Lead ArchitectJoaquim Portela
The search of light is the concept explored behind the built form. The result is a composition of two volumes intersecting in a single plane. The main building– auditory/nave– is closed to the landscape, increases it's height since the opening mouth at the entrance until the skylight at it's peak. These are the only two external openings of this space, inviting who enters, as well as who is sitting inside it, to look up. The second volume consists of the sacristy- conceived for the use of the person responsible for the chapel, and contrary to the previous, this one opens up to the landscape.