Where is the Bruder Klaus Field chapel?
Wachendorf, Germany
Located in a remote field in Wachendorf, Germany, the Brother Klaus Field Chapel (Bruder Klaus Kapelle in the original German) stands like an extraterrestrial monolith sent to Earth on a mission of brutalist modern spirituality, yet it was created using some surprisingly primal techniques.
When was the Bruder Klaus chapel built?
2007
This field chapel, which opened in 2007, is a wonderful embodiment of both Klaus’s asceticism, and Zumthor’s own reserve. Its initial structure was constructed from 112 local pine trees, cut and arranged into a kind of wigwam by Scheidtweiler’s friends and family.
What is a field chapel?
A small concrete chapel built by local farmers on the edge of a field. Concrete is cast around a group of 120 tree trunks, cut at a local forest, and then slowly burned. The field chapel is dedicated to Swiss Saint Nicholas von der Flue (1417-1487), known as Brother Klaus.
What is rammed concrete?
The form is filled with layers of a slurry of earth, gravel and Portland cement. Each layer is pounded down by hand or pneumatic machines until it is half its original volume. When the mixture sets and the form is removed, the finished wall looks like a striated slab of stone.
Is Rammed Earth cheaper than concrete?
First, rammed earth is not necessarily less expensive than concrete. Even though the forming systems for the two materials are similar and take more or less the same man-hours to erect, layering and compacting rammed earth into the form takes considerably more labor and equipment than pouring and vibrating concrete.
Is Rammed Earth expensive to build with?
Even in the Southwest, rammed earth is among the costliest building materials, according to Andy Byrnes, president of the Construction Zone, a Phoenix design-build firm. Prices start at $75 a square foot and can rise well beyond that, depending on the height and complexity of the wall.
Where did Peter Zumthor go to college?
Kunstgewerbeschule
Pratt Institute School of Architecture, Higgins hallPratt Institute
Peter Zumthor/Education
Peter Zumthor was born on April 26, 1943, the son of a cabinet maker, Oscar Zumthor, in Basel, Switzerland. He trained as a cabinet maker from 1958 to 1962. From 1963-67, he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Vorkurs and Fachklasse with further studies in design at Pratt Institute in New York.