China's "Narrowest Church" is only 1.3 meters wide!! Junya Ishigami

✨Valley Chapel is located at the bottom of a small valley in Rizhao, Shandong, China. It is a 2016 work by Japanese architect Junya Ishigami. ✨It introduces "light through the crack" without altering the valley, allowing the building to "grow" with the valley. The chapel resembles a 20-meter-deep fissure, a vertical extension of the original valley. The terrain is no longer a limitation but the starting point of the design. 1. ⚡️Extreme Scale｜Contrast of Height and Narrowness ▪️ Total height is 45 meters, equivalent to a 15-story building! ▪️ The narrowest point is only 1.3 meters, truly a "sliver of sky"! ▪️ Two thick concrete walls enclose the space, guiding the transition from darkness to light, leading to spiritual purification and elevation. 2. 🌌Roofless Design｜Dialogue with the Sky ▪️ The chapel has no roof; sunlight, wind, and rain are part of the ritual. ☀️🌧 ▪️ This roofless chapel is designed to handle wind and rain. Through unique curvature and height design, rainwater flows down the walls instead of falling inside. It is not only a container of light but also coexists and interacts with all natural elements like wind, rain, and sunlight. ▪️ Light pours down from the top, creating a natural "holy light" that illuminates the altar at the end.