Saint Catherine’s Chapel
Saint Catherine’s Chapel
Saint Catherine’s Chapel
Saint Catherine’s Chapel
Saint Catherine’s Chapel
Saint Catherine’s Chapel
Renaissance-era principles collide with modernist sophistication at Saint Catherine’s Chapel, a minimalist house of worship near Florence for members of the Fiorentina professional football club. The church — the work of Toronto firm Audax — is buried beneath an artificial hill. One enters it through a vaulted arcade whose arches grow in size, a nod to Francesco Borromini’s principle of forced perspective. This processional passageway eventually opens onto a pristine oval sanctuary in which a central oculus brings sunlight pouring onto the concrete floors, the white walls and the Carrara marble fixtures.
Team: Gianpiero Pugliese
In this subterranean church in Florence by Toronto firm Audax, a processional passageway eventually opens onto a pristine oval sanctuary.
