{"id":250211,"date":"2025-03-13T09:53:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=canvasflow&p=250211"},"modified":"2025-03-13T09:53:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:53:34","slug":"our-lady-of-sorrows-chapel-moravia-czech-republic","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/our-lady-of-sorrows-chapel-moravia-czech-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"This Czech Chapel\u2019s Craftsmanship Reflects Its Community\u2019s Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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March 13, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Wilson\u00a0Barlow<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>Ond\u0159ej Bou\u0161ka<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

This Czech Chapel\u2019s Craftsmanship Reflects Its Community\u2019s Faith<\/h1>\n\n\n

Amid the rolling fields of southern Moravia in the Czech Republic stands a circular medieval-looking structure. It\u2019s Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel, but it was actually completed just last year by RCNKSK<\/a>, a Prague architecture studio that prioritizes the use of sustainable materials and strong connection to heritage. Cofounders Filip Kosek and Jan R\u030c\u00edc\u030cn\u00fd, along with help early on from R\u030c\u00edc\u030cn\u00fd’s father, Atelier Ti\u0161novka cofounder Michal R\u030c\u00edc\u030cn\u00fd, built the church over a decade through a combination of techniques ancient and modern, its concept reflecting the story of the Virgin Mary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exterior is a mix of traditional larch and ash, while its 90-foot apex is a futuristic steel spire. The contrast continues for the 1,600-square-foot interior, characterized by rammed earth and locally quarried gneiss at ground level, with sunlight radiating through CNC-cut apertures above, around a series of ascending timber beams that symbolize the Seven Sorrows of Mary. \u201cThe suffering she endured is woven into the very fabric of the space,\u201d R\u030c\u00edc\u030cn\u00fd says. \u201cIt\u2019s an expression of craftsmanship and the Nesvac\u030cilka community\u2019s faith.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Representing the strength of that faith and the unyielding quality of humanity are the 16-foot-high entry doors in patinated copper and blackened oak, the steel and ash pews, the tabernacle formed from a historic piece of sandstone, and the building\u2019s stone plinth\u2014all materials that should stand the test of time, even age beautifully from it. The same can be said of the apple trees flanking the stone pathway, which echo the nearby orchards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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