Team:
Kristina Buriak,
Kateryna Aivazian,
Artem Vahrin.

Type: Contest
Location: Rome, Italy
Area: 1200 m2
Year: 2016
The main architectural approach involed the fitting of chapel into the environment, taking into account the existing buildings and located church nearby




New building is located on Via Julia in the historic part of the city. In order to preserve the existing
routes, we created a pyramial shape, the arrangement of the sides of which was justified by the streets surrounding the design site.




The materials and symbols used in the chapel embody the spiritual orientation and historical belonging to the place



A light stone is natural for the Roman region. Water is a powerful symbol in all religions, namely the symbol of life itself, purification and rest.



Communication with the outside world is represented by natural light with the help of an open atrium, the falling shadow from which as a pendulum moves along the internal crystal clear walls and indicates the transience of time. The metal finishing of the facades reflects the environment, thereby dissolving the building in it.


The layout of the structure formation involves the central axis of the building which culminates in an atrium and a staircase, surrounded by water on the ground floor.
Territory accomplishment consists of amphitheaters and landscape design in order to attract citizens and visitors of the city for active recreation.