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A chapel in Rüeggisberg

2025

Abstract

Located in the village of Rüeggisberg (County Bern, Switzerland), the project addresses the remains of a former Cluniac monastery. Abandoned after a fire in 1532, the site still reveals the foundation of a nave that was never completed due to lack of funds. Positioned along the Via Jacobi, a pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, the location receives many walkers but currently offers no space for prayer, rest, or reflection. This project proposes the construction of a small chapel within the stone foundations of the unbuilt nave. It offers a new spiritual pause for pilgrims while respecting the quiet presence of the ruins. The structure is built using actively bent timber elements, woven and assembled with robotic precision. This method allows for an innovative way of building directly on site, reducing the need for prefabrication and transportation, while making efficient use of materials and enabling easy future disassembly. The proposal responds to the site’s lack of shelter and spiritual space with a light and respectful intervention.

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2025

Abstract

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/19699e83-be69-47d6-9dc6-bf85fb166759

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Project management

Project management is the process of leading the work of a team to achieve all project goals within the given constraints. This information is usually described in project documentation, created at the beginning of the development process. The primary constraints are scope, time, and budget. The secondary challenge is to optimize the allocation of necessary inputs and apply them to meet pre-defined objectives. The objective of project management is to produce a complete project which complies with the client's objectives.

Pilgrimage

A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, after which the pilgrim returns to their daily life. Pilgrimages frequently involve a journey or search of moral or spiritual significance. Typically, it is a journey to a shrine or other location of importance to a person's beliefs and faith, although sometimes it can be a metaphorical journey into someone's own beliefs.

Project

A project is any undertaking, carried out individually or collaboratively and possibly involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a particular goal. An alternative view sees a project managerially as a sequence of events: a "set of interrelated tasks to be executed over a fixed period and within certain cost and other limitations". A project may be a temporary (rather than a permanent) social system (work system), possibly staffed by teams (within or across organizations) to accomplish particular tasks under time constraints.

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