St. Voile Chapel

For this wedding chapel in Niigata, Japan, Eriko Kasahara created a white clean space ispired to the wedding veil with a series of interconnected pipes.

In designing the St. Voile Chapel along the Shinano River Kamitokoro, Niigata-city, Eriko Kasahara focused on keeping balance with the existing main building for wedding.

The design concept is a “wedding veil”, translated into a clean space that surrounds the holy ceremony and dance blessing two people.

The veil is represented by a structure of pipes, indipendent from the one of the skeleton: when we look up, several pieces of cloth seems to dance in a ceiling flutteringly, catching the light from the ceiling.

Kasahara Design Work, Humming Plaza Vip Niigata (St. Voile), Niigata
Kasahara Design Work, Humming Plaza Vip Niigata (St. Voile), Niigata
Kasahara Design Work, Humming Plaza Vip Niigata (St. Voile), Niigata
Kasahara Design Work, Humming Plaza Vip Niigata (St. Voile), Niigata
Kasahara Design Work, Humming Plaza Vip Niigata (St. Voile), Niigata


Humming Plaza Vip Niigata (St. Voile), Niigata
Program: wedding chapel
Design: Kasahara Design Work
Area: 162 sqm
Completion: 2014