{"id":8978,"date":"2026-06-03T16:59:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=8978"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:11:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:11:51","slug":"felipe-caboclo-arquitectura-creates-sublime-path-at-undulating-private-chapel-in-sao-paulo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/felipe-caboclo-arquitectura-creates-sublime-path-at-undulating-private-chapel-in-sao-paulo\/","title":{"rendered":"Felipe Caboclo Arquitectura creates “sublime path” at undulating private chapel in S\u00e3o Paulo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Local studio Felipe Caboclo Arquitectura has completed a small, oblong chapel<\/a> out of wood<\/a> and glass, flanking it with sinuous concrete<\/a> walls on a residential property in S\u00e3o Paulo<\/a>, Brazil.<\/span><\/p>\n

Known as Nest Chapel, the 10-square-metre (107-square foot) religious space draws on influences from Le Corbusier, Japanese architect Tadao Ando’s concrete chapels<\/a> and American artist Richard Serra’s metal landscape sculpture<\/a>, using rising materials to transcend function and move visitors emotionally.<\/p>\n

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Curving concrete walls surround Nest Chapel in S\u00e3o Paulo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The chapel was completed in 2024 on a lot adjacent to the client’s home, which was built in 2022. The 2,000-square metre lot was initially left unused, but became a place for contemplation and faith.<\/p>\n

“The religious space was conceived as a theme in our lives; the journey is as important as the destination,” lead architect Felipe Caboclo<\/a> told Dezeen. “The idea was to create, through a single gesture, elements that guide us along a winding yet sublime path.”<\/p>\n

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Felipe Caboclo Arquitectura designed the chapel to provoke an emotional response from visitors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two concrete walls rise out of the ground, undulating across the lawn with striations formed by the wooden formwork.<\/p>\n

The concrete texture was used to evoke varvito, a sedimentary rock native to the Itu region, and show hand craftsmanship, the passage of time and the beauty of imperfections, the studio said.<\/p>\n

Rows of lavender follow the outside of the concrete walls as they rise and fall, completing the sensory experience with fragrance, texture and movement in the wind.<\/p>\n