2008 Chapelle St Loup, Pompaples (CH)
The chapel of St.-Loup in Pompaples (Vaud, Switzerland) was the first-full scale construction with a design based on the methods for generating architectural forms developed at the laboratory for timber construction IBOIS.
| Location | Pompaples, Switzerland |
| Client | Diaconesses of St.-Loup |
| Architects | Yves Weinand, Hani Buri Localarchitecture, Danilo Mondada |
| Timber Engineering | Bureau d’Études Weinand, Liège (BE) |
| Technological transfer | Laboratory for Timber Constructions, IBOIS, EPFL |
| Completed | 2008 |
The chapel of St.-Loup in Pompaples (Vaud, Switzerland) is the first-full scale timber construction with an origami design based on the methods for generating architectural forms developed at the laboratory for timber construction IBOIS.
This project was supported by the Federal Office for the Environment – FOEN.
Photographs: Fred Hatt