“Chapel for Nature was an architectural workshop, where back in the summer of 2014, we discussed, designed and built a small room for a small group of people to come together and focus, respect, praise the beauty of nature.

Although people are sometimes thought of as belonging to different cultures, religions, customs, languages, nature around them is a unifying fact; the way rain falls and sun rises, wind blows and trees wave in it is universal. The main focus is on framing the views, natural light, positioning in the landscape, use of material; a small filtering space where man and nature might feel in balance. By letting nature inside, even small animals could live in, or around it. Maybe they would slowly eat the installation away, and plants would cover it…“

[ Sami Rintala ]