Maria Catarina Chapel

MARIA CATARINA CHAPEL

Canalli Arquitetura

Maria Catarina Chapel
© Eduardo Macarios

ARCHITECTS
Canalli Arquitetura

PHOTOGRAPHS
 Eduardo Macarios 

AREA
30 m²

MANUFACTURERS 
AutoDesk, Adobe, Fernando Antonio Canalli, Michelangelo Mármores e Granitos

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Fernando Antônio Canalli, Natalia Lachowski Canalli

YEAR
 2020 

LOCATION
Irati, Brazil

CATEGORIES
Chapel

Maria Catarina Chapel
© Eduardo Macarios

Text description provided by architect.

The Maria Catarina Chapel is located in a preserved forest environment surrounded by century-old araucaria trees, in the same location as Casa Pinho. 

Our premises were: minimalistic choices of materials and lines; open and integrated with the landscape; welcoming both the individual and the collective.

Maria Catarina Chapel
© Eduardo Macarios
Maria Catarina Chapel
© Eduardo Macarios

The resistance and low maintenance led us to choose exposed concrete, and the existence of wood stored by the family, for the artisanal work of the modulated panels.

The work implementation was guided by the position of the sunset and the verticality of the nearby araucarias that naturally create a sensation of monumentality.

Maria Catarina Chapel
© Eduardo Macarios
Maria Catarina Chapel
© Eduardo Macarios

With a close look, it is a chapel, and in the distance, a “Cathedral”.

This described set fuses sensations of introspection and expansion, inside and outside, contained and grandiosity.

At the Capela's focal point, where the sun sets, we have placed a pure silk canvas with a watercolor painting by Fernando Canalli.

Maria Catarina Chapel
© Eduardo Macarios
Maria Catarina Chapel
© Eduardo Macarios

This represents the Espírito Santo Paranista, which uses the symbol of pine and pine trees, referring to the identity of the State of Paraná and the farm.


Maria Catarina Chapel
© Eduardo Macarios
Maria Catarina Chapel
© Eduardo Macarios
Maria Catarina Chapel
© Eduardo Macarios
Maria Catarina Chapel
© Eduardo Macarios


Maria Catarina Chapel


Maria Catarina Chapel
Maria Catarina Chapel