As part of the investigation to the studio’s yearlong project at Skogskyrkogården, UNESCO World Heritage Site, we will be constructing a shelter for Kingston based St Johns C Of E Primary School. The design will be based on the design of the Woodland Chapel by Gunnar Asplund.
The chapel was built in 1918-20 just after the
First World War, as a key building for the development of Skogskyrkogården . The Asplund’s initial design for the chapel had to be altered to recognize the difficult financial situation, by reducing its size to a modest scale, and changing the construction method from using stone to wood.