Unison with Oneself in God at the Sacred “Kamppi Chapel of Silence”
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https://doi.org/10.17979/aarc.2013.3.0.5107Keywords:
Kamppi Chapel of Silence Helsinki, finnish church, sacred building, contemporary architecture, emotional formsAbstract
In 2012, as part of World Design Capital program, Kamppi Chapel of Silence was inaugurated at the entrance of Kamppi shopping centre inHelsinki, providing a place for citizen’s moment of silence, relax and meeting in the busiest area. These facts raise questions: What was the real aim behind this? Is this the result of citizens’ wishes to be with God, undisturbed by tourists? A strategy for attracting more Christians in multi-religious society? A new way of Lutheran charity in service to needy people? My paper analyses relationship between architectural forms and emotions in sacred spaces through historical Finnish churches.
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