Log Chapel

For ARCH 565: A Log Building - Paul Andersen

Program: Worship
Size: 112’ x 84’ x 18’
Floor Area: 3,300 sf.

Log Chapel is a worship space designed to give visitors agency over their desired degree of collectivity while worshipping by creating three distinct communal zones in the single-room interior. To achieve this, the project employs log constructed hyperboloid forms in the interior to support the roof, allow in natural light, and break up the visibility and audibility of the interior space.

Sections A & B, showing log hyperboloids and floor tiers.

Ground floor plan

Roof plan, showing openings in the middle of the hyperboloids through which natural light is let in.

Elevations