Project Name

Capilla San Bernardo

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Project Location

La Playosa, Córdoba, Argentina

Year of Completion

2015

Building Type

Institutional

Building Massing

Low Rise

Project Architect

Nicolás Campodonico, Nicolás Campodonico

Owner

Saint Bernard's Chapel (the local patron saint)

Student Author

Rui Guo

Archived Year

12-19-2018

Climate

humid subtropical climate (Cfa)

Application

Structure, exterior, interior, floor, pavement

Material and its Properties

Reuse bricks. In this no electricity and any other utility site, this project reuses the primary material from an over 100 years old rural house. Using the curved surface composed by the bricks as the screen to display the formation of a cross from sunlight every day. Recycled brick from the on-site building.

Architect Website

http://nicolascampodonico.com/

Other Sources

https://www.archdaily.com/787710/capilla-san-bernardo-nicolas-campodonico

http://nicolascampodonico.com/290/capilla-san-bernardo

https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/573b/e3b3/e58e/cefc/4d00/011d/slideshow/Capilla_San_Bernardo_25.jpg?1463542653

https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/573b/e6af/e58e/cefc/4d00/012c/slideshow/Capilla_San_Bernardo_14.jpg?1463543415

https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/573b/e29d/e58e/cefc/4d00/011b/slideshow/Capilla_San_Bernardo_30.jpg?1463542349

Environmental Response

reuse material from on-site demolition building

Recommended Citation

Campodonico, Nicolás, "Capilla San Bernardo" (2015). Building Case Studies. 484.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/484