Religious Architecure

Siza’s use of light and white concrete provide a unique ceremonial space

A spiritual and a simple place.

To design the building as a new gothic style chapel, by using Japanese wooden system.

Optimised structure created by traditional vault techinique and advanced design methods.

A little “dark” space for prayers

Click to see the eight winning projects of eight catergories.

An impressive chapel built with combination of classical space composition and modern material technique

A smooth connection between heaven and earth

A peaceful place designed for the nuns’ contemplative way of life

a modern round church searching for dematerialization

To honour the medieval spatial complexity with a new internal section

Linking visual to mental world, in a way spiritual to profane.

Restoration Project: A Historical Zen Temple in the Mountains

This is a reaction to the power of one within thought and that of a material piece within a structural system of forces.

A ship-shaped pavilion floating between the physical and mental experiences.

Two spherical shells are deployed to the sky like two clasped hands.

Memory of One Generation, Soul of One Country.

The gangway spiraling upwards reveals the saint’s footsteps.