Tous les dieux Tectonic Exercises Ellen Linder Final assignment June 2015
One roof - all Gods
Five world religions - Buddism - Hinuism - Islam - Christianity - Judism.
One chapel for each one of the world religions and one chapel for everyone who is from another religion or of no religion at all or of any other kind of believe. Gather them all under one roof that binds them together. The chapels are for pray, smaller gatherings, or for anyone who would like to visit, look and learn. The common roof will provide room for larger gatherings, joined pray, events, weddings, baptising’s, name-giving and so on.
commom ground? Water is holy in all religions and societies. It is the base of life and what makes everything grow. Without water there can be no life. Therefore the roof will have a green roof that takes care of the water, filters it before it goes back to the ground.
Situation The buildning is overlaping the bridge and the path on site. However the entire buildning is public and open to everyone.
Situation
Scale 1:1000
The building consist of three main spaces - The roof garden - The chapels - The main hall Section A:A Scale 1:200 0m
20 m
N
The main hall A
A
Level 0
Scale 1:200 0m
20 m
High sealing Sit down ceremonies
Lower sealing Mingle Have coffee coat hangers
In this space larger events takes place. The different religions share the space and it may be used for many different occasions such as: weddings, funerals, name-giving ceremonies or charity events.
The Chapels
Facade South West Scale 1:200 0m
20 m
The windows are the only features that tells the chapels apart.
Each religion gets one chapel. In these a more intimate space is created. All chapel is design to support the type worshiping of the specific religion. They are all public and anyone who wants to go there can regardless of what religion he or she has. One of the main purposes with the chapels is to be able to learn about other religions than our own. The plans are flexible so they may function both as a space for silent pray and as small group rooms for workshops and so on.
Hinduism The windows are placed over the alters of the most common gods.
Judaism The alter is placed to the east and the he plan is central to it. There is a division for mingle before and after the service.
Islam There is a traditional courtyard before entering the hall for pray. This hall is divided in two. One for women and one for men.
Christianity You enter in a porch where you are suppose to surrender all you weapons before you enter the long ship of the church. The long ship and the alter is pointed to the east.
Buddhism This is a simple closed room with space for meditation.
Tous les dieux A flexible space with room for any type of worshiping. It could be used for small gatherings or workshops or just to sit in and have a moment of silence.
Plants 120 Soil 160 Sand 140 Gravel 70 Drainage Board Perforated galv. Steel Bent plate Continuous metal gutter &counterflashing 200 Lignatur element with isolation and drainage pipe 100 Isolation 20 Wood
The roof garden All religions see water as holy or vital for life. Therefor the building is respectful of the water.
Filter Fabric Gravel
In the green roof the water is purified before it goes back to the earth. At every chapel there is a basin where you can wash your hands before entering the chapel.
Rain chain
The water is lead down with the help of chains. The chains also provide a little bit of privacy. Where the chapels meet the rest of the building the chains open up the facade and lets them in
Detail A Scale 1:10 0 cm
Detal B Scale 1:10 50 cm
0 cm
50 cm
2m
Sitting
N
Level 1 - Roof Terrace Scale 1:200 0m
20 m
Walking
Garden
Facade North East Scale 1:200 0m
20 m
Facade South West Scale 1:200 0m
20 m
Tous les dieux Ellen Linder
Tectonic exercises
Koncept - Religion
Situation
interior view
Scale 1:1000 100 m
Final poster
Bridge/Path
Section A:A Scale 1:200 0m
20 m
N
A
A
Bridge/Path
Level 0
Scale 1:200 0m
20 m
Holy Water
120 160 140 70 200 100 20
Green Roof
Plants Soil Sand Gravel Drainage Board Perforated galv. Steel Bent plate Continuous metal gutter &counterflashing Lignatur element with isolation and drainage pipe Isolation Wood
Filter Fabric Gravel
Rain chain
Lignatur Element Profile
Detal B Scale 1:10
Detail A Scale 1:10 0 cm
50 cm
0 cm
50 cm
Detial A
Facade North East
Facade South West
Bridge/Path
Scale 1:200 0m
Detial B
Bridge/Path
Scale 1:200
20 m
0m
20 m
2m
Sitting
Chapels N
Facade South West Chapel Buddhism Scale 1:50 0m
5m
Floor plan
Bridge/Path
Level 1 - Roof Terrace Scale 1:200 0m
20 m
Walking
Garden
By using the construction to take care of the water the whole building becomes coherent with the believes of the religions and shows that we are not so different as we may have thought. My hope with this project was to increase the understanding and the respect for the different religions. By decreasing the distance from each other perhaps the border between different religions can become less distinct and we can stop thinking of the society as divided in ”we” and ”them” and start to se it as ”us”.
- Ellen Linder