Kamppi Chapel of Silence in Finland, Helsinki Resort
Rating: 7,7/10 (100 votes)  Kamppi Chapel of Silence - chapel, located at Narinkkatori Square in Helsinki. The Chapel of Silence was built as part of the Helsinki Design Capital project. There are no services, baptisms or funerals here. Since 2012 alone, a number of daily prayers have been planned. The Chapel of Silence is a place of peace, a meeting place, open from early morning until late at night. Here you can meet both ward workers and social workers. In 2008, the Helsinki City Planning Department held a competition for the construction of the chapel. The winner was the architectural studio K2S, which began construction in 2011. By June 2012, construction was completed. The wooden chapel with an unusual curving facade was designed by architects Mikko Summanen, Kimmo Lintula and Niko Sirola. The height of the central hall of the Chapel of Silence is 11.5 meters. The frame of the Chapel of Silence building is made of massive and heavy milled glued wooden frames. The facades of the chapel are made of horizontal curved spruce laths, treated with glaze wax using nanotechnology. From the inside, the walls of the chapel are covered with milled black alder beams carefully fitted to each other. Inside the chapel stands simplified furniture made of solid ash. The silver altar cross was made by the eminent Finnish jeweler Antti Nieminen, and the altarpiece vestment was made by the textile artist Tiina Uimonen. processed using nanotechnology with glaze wax. From the inside, the walls of the chapel are covered with milled black alder beams carefully fitted to each other. Inside the chapel, there is a simplified furniture made of solid ash. The silver altar cross was made by the eminent Finnish jeweler Antti Nieminen, and the altarpiece vestments were made by the textile artist Tiina Uimonen. processed using nanotechnology with glaze wax. From the inside, the walls of the chapel are covered with milled black alder beams carefully fitted to each other. Inside the chapel stands simplified furniture made of solid ash. The silver altar cross was made by the eminent Finnish jeweler Antti Nieminen, and the altarpiece vestments were made by the textile artist Tiina Uimonen. In 2012, since the opening of the Chapel of Silence, more than 250 thousand people have visited it, of which 750 people received psychological assistance and personal interviews.     We also recommend reading Eberau Castle in Austria, Burgenland resort Topic: Kamppi Chapel of Silence in Finland, Helsinki Resort. |
