Creeping plants will eventually overtake the hollow timber walls of this chapel by in Queensland by Wilson Architects, so it looks like a ruin amid a landscape of lavender fields.
The non-denominational Kooroomba Chapel was built for the Kooroomba Lavender Farm & Vineyard in Mount Alford,  Australia, as a wedding and events space.

Wilson Architects imagined Kooroomba Chapel as a readymade ruin ? "a staple in Romantic landscape art and garden design".
"The strategy for the chapel at Kooroomba was to engender an emotive response to place, for the special event of a wedding or the inquisitive exploration of the site's landscape," said the studio.
Photo is by Daniel Tsang.
The simple steel structure of the building is infilled with hollow, timber-framed walls.  The wall's geometric pattern will encourage the growth of creeping plants up the sides of the structure. A metal roof with a large overhang tops Kooroomba Chapel. A translucent bell tower above can be rung by the wedding guests after the nuptial ceremony is complete.

Currently the hollow timber walls allow for uninhibited views, but over time they will be gradually overgrown by vines and the structure will blend into the landscape.
Simple frameless glass doors have been inserted into the porous structure to provide a symbolic entry into the chapel.

A raised podium, or altar, at the opposite end frames a view out towards Queensland's mountain peaks.

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