Eduardo Souto de Moura Vatican Chapel

Source: Vatican Chapels presskit
Photography:
1,2,3,11: Alessandra Chemollo
the rest: HIC team
construction pictures: vatican chapels presskit

no, it is not…
…no, it is not a chapel, not
a sanctuary and in any case not
a tomb. It is simply a place
enclosed by four stone walls,
while another stone at the
center might be the altar. The
entrance is screened by a tree
we want to conserve. The walls,
inside, have a ledge on which we
can sit and wait… waiting with
our feet on the ground, head in
hands. “Things themselves know
when they ought to happen.”
(David Mourão-Ferreira)