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Project Location
Mechernich, Germany
Year of Completion
2007
Building Type
Institutional
Building Massing
Landscape
Architect Location
Haldenstein, Switzerland
Archived Year
12-17-2018
Climate
Temperate oceanic
Application
Structure
Material and its Properties
The concrete was poured in layers onto a frame of 112 tree trunks, then set to dry, and finally burned from within so the trunks of the interior would hollow out the space within and char the walls.
Other Sources
www.archdaily.com
Environmental Response
The production of this material is very natural to the environment.
Recommended Citation
Zumthor, Peter, "Bruder Klaus Field Chapel" (2007). Building Case Studies. 453.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/453