The association between nature and calm is now widely accepted. Time spent in natural environments has been shown to lower cortisol, improve mood, restore attention and reduce rumination. Yet much of this knowledge has been reduced to surface gestures in design: vertical gardens, plant walls, timber accents. The term biophilic
Located on the top of a valley in a little town in the province of Brescia, Italy, architect’s firm Associates Architecture has constructed a secular chapel in the woodlands of Botticino.
Named ‘Chapel of Silence’, this six meters long, six meters high and three meters wide construction is situated
