地点和背景。该教堂位于比勒陀利亚布鲁克林的Doxa Deo校园内。在一个城市结构中，位于绿树成荫的低层住宅区和高层公寓楼之间，一个小型的纯净的白色小教堂被创建为一个简化的多功能圣地。
Site & Context. The Chapel is located on the Doxa Deo Campus in Brooklyn, Pretoria. In an urban fabric, situated between a leafy low-rise residential suburb and high-rise apartment buildings, a small pristine white chapel was created as a simplified multifunctional sanctuary.
这个空间重塑并补充了人们在祈祷和冥想中逃避孤独的需要。这决不是对未来教堂的预言。极简主义的概念强调了空间的本质，简单而重要的属地向早期基督教建筑致敬。当代空间的感官体验，而不是专注于物质性。
A space that reinvents and complements the need to escape to solitude in prayer and meditation. It is by no means a prophecy of the church of the future. The concept of minimalism emphasizes the essence of the space, the simple yet significant genus loci paying homage to early Christian buildings. The sensory experience of a contemporary space, rather than focusing on materiality.
概念。建筑占地面积的形式是由单层行政楼和教堂主楼旁边的游行入口之间的狭窄可用空间决定的。为了应对这个场地，平面图上的形状最初被勾勒成神圣的数字 “7 “和它的镜像代表。然后，这个形状被推断为一个弯曲的褶皱，创造了两个点：一个开始/Alpha（入口）和一个结束/Emega（在祭坛后面的十字架）。
Concept. The form of the building footprint was dictated by the narrow available space between the single-story admin building and the processional entrance next to the main church building. In response to the site, the shape on the plan was initially sketched as the sacred number seven and the mirrored representation thereof. This shape was then extrapolated into a curved fold, creating two points: a beginning/Alpha (entrance) and an end/Omega (at the cross behind the altar).
象征性的元素和材料，如光、水、木材和白色被引入。尽管对基督教进行了微妙的参考，但这些对符号的参考是主观的解释，允许空间被揭示给游客，并为自己说话。现有的一棵大的豹子树在入口处的院子里延伸，它演变成一个新的橄榄树景观，被创造为一个亲密的城市空间。橄榄园是礼拜堂提供的避难所的延伸。
Symbolic elements and materials such as light, water, timber, and white were introduced. Even though subtle reference is made to Christianity, these references to symbols are subjective to interpretation, allowing the space to be revealed to the visitor and to speak for itself. A large existing Leopard tree stretches over the entrance courtyard, which evolves into a new olive tree landscape that was created as an intimate urban space. The Olive Garden is an extension of the sanctuary that the Chapel provides.
Architects: Neo Architects
Area : 63 m²
Year : 2021
Photographs :Paris B Photography
Lead Architects : Phoebe van Dyk / Dries Verbeek
Program / Use / Building Function : Chapel
City : Pretoria
Country : South Africa