Comments on: Veneza Farm Chapel / Decio Tozzi

By: Juan Gomez-Velez

Juan Gomez-Velez — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:01:23 +0000

This is reminiscent of Borges’ late fifties nightclub in Havana, with it’s use of single laminar arches, with no beams nor columns. The proposal of both enclosure and openness is made by such a single element. Site conditions are incorporated to the space and are made an integral part of it. Ando’s church is made for a temperate climate and must be separated by a glazed wall, and we see no such wall here. This is made by a single sponsor, something that entails a strong personal commitment to the spirituality it is meant to represent or as we say in Spanish “encarnar” and is simply and truly beautiful.

By: json

json — Tue, 12 May 2009 11:49:14 +0000

this seems like a copy of tadao ando’s chapel on water..
check it out..

By: sullka

sullka — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:07:55 +0000

Henry: AS ARCHITECTURE this is NOTHING !

As political object, the brazilian people
need so many housing school and hospitals….!

What the heck are you talking about, what do you mean is nothing, do you wanted to be all twsited, blobby and cladded in titanium to be architecture?

I think it’s awesome, so simple and so great.

Brazilians need housing and hospitals? yes they do, but let the government build them, I don’t think this was built by the government but by whatever church the chapel is (Im assuming this though)

I do agree with another poster on the red cross, white would have been better.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:23:43 +0000

It would be a beautiful, sensible and truly remarkable project, in a beautiful location, if it wasn’t for that totally redundant red cross. It just ruins everything attempting to gather the whole attention, stressing the symbol instead of the place. I feel like photoshopping it out of the way… As for the political issue: this seems to be certainly an private chapel, in an absolutely private farm. If so, it is as elitist as a luxury villa in Rio.

By: kc

kc — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:05:14 +0000

very good project because first of all, its an excellent space for prayer! Enclosed, but not too much, and the attention is not drawn away from the cross. Good, insightful job!

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:41:52 +0000

I think that this project it´s a true work of art. Very light structure with a perfect relation with the surroundings. I don´t get how the political issue relates here, this is a small chapel on the countryside. Let´s discuss here what it really matters, ARCHITECTURE and it´s relation with the users and the environment, it´s form, materials, use, etc…!

By: Daniel Con

Daniel Con — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:34:12 +0000

Thanks for the link Jeison! great work!

By: Jeison

Jeison — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:06:03 +0000

For whom it may concern, here´s the link to Decio Tozzi´s website in english or portuguese: http://www.deciotozzi.com.br Great work!

By: Jeison

Jeison — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:03:39 +0000

There you go, BA.

By: BA

BA — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:13:01 +0000

We are discussing politics or architecture?
Architecture can and should be involved to alleviate the problems of society in any nation, obviously.
But architecture, in its essence, is art and goes beyond the social questions. For this reason I believe that is unnecessary to link this work, specifically, with the social problems of Brazil. These exist and not because of this work, therefore we shouldn’t stop contributing artistically to the architecture.
This is a great work, in my view, and it has a subtle and profound artistic expression. And not worthy of criticism unfounded and superficial or unnecessary ( “Romário is better”!).

*Sorry my English!