Forest Chapel, Kiev

Architects: Roman Seliuk, Dmytro Seliuk – RDS Brothers
Text: Eszter Götz
Photos: RDS Brothers

Designed by Kiev-based architectural group rDS Bothers, the silhouette of the chapel is taken from traditional ukrainian wooden church tower. Surroundings of pinewood forest conditioned vertical shape of the chapel encompasses a small floor area which is compensated by high interior space. A square floor plan, thanks to tilted walls, twisted at an angle of 10 degrees, ends on the top in the form of octagonal star.