There are oaks, wind and rain coming from the west. A dusty road is at the east.

Community soccer field is south; bamboo and empty beer cans all over the north.

Now there is also a wooden barn structure over a concrete platform, with corrugated metal cladding in the outside and pine boards in the inside, plus 100 chairs, lectern, altar, virgin figure and a cross.

Mass is once a month, community activities every evening. Both happen in the same space.

A new chapel for 100 people in the remote countryside of Southern Chile.



















This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Left: The small Junquillos Chapel in the remote countryside of Southern Chile. Photo: Felipe Fontecilla (click here for hi-res image)

Type: Chapel
Location: Junquillos, Santa Bárbara, Chile
Client: Junquillos Catholic Community
Architects: Claudio Baladrón Z., Diego Grass P.
Budget: $400 / sqm
Constructed Area: 150 sqm
Completed: 2009

Related Links:
0300TV

Text: Claudio Baladrón Z., Diego Grass P.
Photographs: Felipe Fontecilla