Location: Himeji, Japan.
Architect: KTX archiLAB.
The Aile-Blanche Chapel, part of La-Vienna Wedding Ceremony Hall in Himeji, Japan, was replaced by a new one that translates the importance and significance of the wedding day into physical space. Dreams and light were depicted as curves and glass, and a cloud-shaped space for the chapel was enveloped in transparent curved glass. The Chapel opens to the garden and green walls in front and is limited by a green fire wall. The Cloud-shaped Chapel is all white, with a minimalistic ceiling free of any technical pieces of machinery or equipment. The Cloud of Luster Chapel is composed of circles of 5m diameters put together at a 5m pitch for the approach and 6m inside the Chapel.
It is designed with a back lit glass floor for the aisle, leading to a minimalistic Altar over the elevated choir. Technical equipment is placed on the floor, upper lights are arranged around the columns to enhance the hyperbole heads, and air-conditioning is made through slits all along the glass curves. On a sunny day, the water surface is projected to the ceiling of the chapel and performs a natural spectacle full of life.