The chapel Bruder Klaus is entirely built in concrete.
Planted at the edge of a field, outside of the village, on a small hill, its position in the landscape can
be perceived as a foreign body, or rather as a menhir present since ever. The drop-shaped plan (e.g.
Fig 4) creates two spaces: a dark access corridor and a place of prayer connected to the sky. The light
penetrates trough a hole in the roof and through the little openings created by the wooden lagging.
112 spruce logs were used as internal shuttering. Their arrangement in tipi allows in a simple way
to sustain all the effort during the pouring of the concrete. Once installed, the internal shape of the
chapel is determined. The outside wooden lagging was reused as and when. Once the concrete poured,
the interior wood tipi is burned, leaving the indelible trace and smell of the construction process and
referring to the spirituality of the place. The finishes are included in the primary construction. The
plastic of the project is intimately linked to the construction process