Capilla RLJ

Located in San Juan Cosalá, Jalisco, RLJ Chapel is integrated into the natural topography of the property without affecting the existing vegetation.
Materials such as stone, tile and wood from the region were used, as well as concrete and basic blacksmithing.
As part of the integration into the immediate context, the main access on a public highway was projected, generating community inclusion despite being located within a private property.

It has an access patio that faces the road, formed mainly by stone from the region and which in turn gives access to the dressers, the sacristy and the interior of the chapel. The main body consists of two large concrete walls and a roof that house a choir, an area for 12 benches with a capacity for 72 people and the altar area, with a total area of 295.71m2. The concrete walls also contain an open courtyard in which a steel cross designed and manufactured by the office is suspended from the walls. This patio ends at the bottom with a quarry wall designed with a geometric leak that accentuates the depth of the patio on which the cross floats.

Inside, simplicity was sought by adorning only with the essential furniture that makes up a chapel.

The RLJ Chapel has an exit to the rest of the ranch, which can also be used as access to the event hall built in the same complex.

Collaborators: Architect Alejandro Beyer Contreras, Architect Jacobo Díaz Castillo, Arch.
Gustavo Ortiz Aguas, Architect Jordan de la Paz Hernández, Ing. Ernesto Ramírez
Salazar
Construction: RYG Studio SA in collaboration with Anteus Constructora
Structural Engineering: Alba Structural Project
Photography: Jaime Navarro Soto
Architect: José Ricardo Yslas Gámez