Nicolás Campodonico, Capilla San Bernardo Nicolás Campodonico (Saint Bernard’s Chapel), Cordoba, Argentina
Located in the Pampa plains area of Cordoba, Argentina, Saint Bernard´s Chapel rises in a small grove, originally occupied by a rural house and its yards. The rural house and its yards were both dismantled in order to reuse their materials, especially its one-hundred-year-old bricks. The site does not have electricity or any other utilities.
In the limit between the trees and the open country, the chapel´s volume opens up towards the sun, capturing the natural light of the sunset in the interior. Outside, a vertical and a horizontal poles are placed separately and projected towards the interior. As a result, every day all year round, the shadow of these, slides along the curved interior, finishing its tour overlapping with each other. The crucifixion is conceptually completed with the reunion of both poles, recreating the cross. Every day, the shadows of the poles make their way separately to finally meet and recreate the cross.
Architect: Nicolás Campodonico
Architect collaborators: Arq. Martin Lavayén, Arq. Soledad Cugno, Arq. Virginia Theilig, Arq. Gabriel Stivala, Arq. Tomás Balparda, Arq. Pablo Taberna, Arq. Gastón Kibysz.