Project Name
Peter the Apostle and St. Helen the Martyr ChapelPosted in
ReligiousLocation
Architect
Michalis GeorgiouProject Team
Architectural Design: Michail Georgiou, Theresa Kwok. Structural Design: Odysseas GeorgiouArea (sqm)
56Completed
July 2015Detailed Information | |||||
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Project Name | Peter the Apostle and St. Helen the Martyr Chapel | Posted in | Religious | Location |
Pafos
Cyprus |
Architect | Michalis Georgiou | Project Team | Architectural Design: Michail Georgiou, Theresa Kwok. Structural Design: Odysseas Georgiou | Area (sqm) | 56 |
Completed | July 2015 |
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Photo by Charis Solomou.
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The result of a collaborative process, the chapel achieves its streamlined minimalistic purity and grace by means of abstraction: ornamentation has been eschewed altogether, and architectural elements such as the bell tower and the sanctum have been merged into the main volume to create a single, compact architectural object. In section, the building looks like a stylised reinterpretation of a typical Greek church which was then extruded in order to create the necessary volume. Parametric computational and design techniques (Michail Georgiou’s area of expertise) were deployed for the building’s shell and various interior details, as seen for example in the sculptural reinterpretation of the altar stone. The chapel’s most intriguing aspect however is the movement of its shape: its gentle curvature guides the eye upwards from the earth and towards the sky. Overall, what this unassuming chapel lacks in scale and grandeur, it compensates with its mindful design, modern aesthetics and creative sensibility.
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Photo by Charis Solomou.
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Photo by Charis Solomou.
![Perspective Section © Michalis Georgiou. Perspective Section © Michalis Georgiou.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f1_apostle_peter_and_st_helen_the_martyr_chapel_pafos_cyprus_michail_georgiou_fig_perspective_section_yatzer.jpg)
Perspective Section © Michalis Georgiou.
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Photo by Charis Solomou.
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Photo by Charis Solomou.
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Photo by Charis Solomou.
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![Isometric diagrams © Michalis Georgiou. Isometric diagrams © Michalis Georgiou.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f11_apostle_peter_and_st_helen_the_martyr_chapel_pafos_cyprus_michail_georgiou_isometric_diagrams_yatzer.jpg)
Isometric diagrams © Michalis Georgiou.
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Photo by Charis Solomou.
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Photo by Charis Solomou.