Granatkapelle (Garnate Chapel)
Penkenjoch, 6292 Finkenberg, A
Architecture: Mario Botta, Bernhard Stoehr (2013) Builder-owner: Josef Brindlinger Open to the public: during the summer months
Architecture: Mario Botta, Bernhard Stoehr (2013) Builder-owner: Josef Brindlinger Open to the public: during the summer months
With the Granatkapelle (Garnate Chapel), Swiss star architect Mario Botta executed his first structure in Austria in Penkenjoch im Zillertal. As a firm counterpoint to nature, he placed an oversized crystal in the shape of a rhombic dodecahedron on a ledge east of the reservoir. Clad with corten steel plates on the outside and laid with slender larch wood slats on the inside and lit solely through an opening in the roof, the sculptural structure stands out on account of its clear and precise geometry.
