Comments on: Farewell Chapel by OFIS Arhitekti

By: epi

epi — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:12:49 +0000

wow! elegant! but I miss pics of the interior – also on the ofis homepage!

By: max habib

max habib — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:32:21 +0000

gorgeous

By: overdose

overdose — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:28:19 +0000

A cross sign to this chapel is like a Mercedes sign to a car. Works for me.

By: goodfeeling

goodfeeling — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:17:19 +0000

Beautiful work, but I also think it would be much prettier without the cross. Its a chapel, not a church. If someone uses chapel it doesn’t mean that he/she is a catholic or any other believer.
Chapels should be without religious symbols, which should be placed on graves.
Multi-religious graveyards with non-symbolized chapels are cool :)
We are in 21st century!

By: windbag

windbag — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:14:47 +0000

@chapmaniac.

what’s wrong with that?
first, the intention was to build a chapel, so a building that is supposed to inspire some sense of spirituality and contemplation.
I don’t see much spirituality in an underground car park, that’s all.
Check picture number 6, that railing is really cheap.
I think the intentions were good, the reference to Ronchamp and all, I don’t mind the cross, Tadao Ando did the same thing, literal but that’s fine.
All considered anyway I think the overall result is quite poor.