墨西哥 La Estancia 开放式玻璃教堂丨Bunker Arquitectura

La Estancia婚礼花园首先没有风格，第二，将礼拜堂关上周围的美丽花园，是一件耻辱。所以我们决定完全相反：一个开放的玻璃教堂，与周围的环境形成鲜明对比。

小教堂的遗址是在丰富植被的巨大地区内精心挑选的。选择了一个不需要清除任何现有植物或树木的位置， 在教堂上形成一个自然拱形，并提供充足的树荫。 努力对环境造成最小的影响。

温暖的热带气候的玻璃教堂似乎是一个矛盾。我们如何避免成为温室？ （鉴于项目规模及其产生的环境问题，不赞成使用空调）

教堂被设计是一个盒子，被压缩形成一个顶峰。在其侧面外墙上追踪不同的形状，形成棱镜，然后从主体积中减去。然后用U型玻璃将四个外墙包起来。从玻璃面纱上减去十字架，形成一个窗外，望向周围的花园。

La Estancia Wedding Gardens were conceived in a traditional Mexican baroque colonial style. When one of Bunker’s associates decided to marry here it was made known to us that the owners had been toying for some time with the idea of building a chapel in the same style as their gardens, since all previous weddings took place under a light canvas canopy roof. They found very romantic the idea of an architect designing the chapel he would marry in so the commission was granted to us.

The client brief was pretty simple: a colonial-style closed-wall masonry chapel that blended with the surrounding architecture. This deeply troubled us… First of all we did not believe in styles and second, it would be a shame to close the chapel to the surrounding beautiful garden. So we decided to do the complete opposite: an open glass chapel that contrasted with its surroundings. When we finally won the clients over to our design we realized we had a big problem: the wedding was in four months!

The site for the chapel was carefully chosen within an enormous area of abundant vegetation. We selected a location that would not require the removal of any of the existing plants or trees, under large jacarandas which form a natural arch over the chapel and provide it with ample shade. We strived to bring about the least possible impact on the site.

We believe Tadao Ando’s Chapel of Light is a cornerstone in the conception of modern chapels.

Around the time of the commission, Steven Holl’s Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art had been recently inaugurated and we were deeply impressed by it. We wanted a Tadao Ando meets Steven Holl chapel.