Chapel for the Silver Terrace Home

The seniors' home is the first realization of the extensive reconversion of the industrial complex of the Tesla company in Jihlava. The basis of the complex consists of the buildings of the 1st Austro-Hungarian tobacco factory, which dates back to 1885. The three-storey halls were built as a structural double tract made of solid perimeter masonry and high-quality beam ceilings, supported in the middle by cast iron columns. The chapel is situated on a reinforced concrete slab located on the third floor above the communication core. It is constructed from frames made of glued laminated timber with a cross-section of 120/280 mm. The frames are 7.4 m high and 2.6 m wide. Longitudinal bracing is created from formwork made of 24 mm thick boards. The frames are exposed in the interior, with a 1.8 m wide intermediate field closed off by a bent spruce bio-board 18 mm thick. The chapel is oriented in the east-west direction and is traversable across to the large southern terrace. Natural light is brought in through a skylight at the top and through doors leading to the terrace, which are lined with natural crystals set in a ceramic red-glazed element. Artificial lighting consists of a single Galileo luminaire made of solid glass and the edge of the screed floor, which is made from glass plates three-quarters sandblasted.
The chapel is ecumenical – it was consecrated with the participation of representatives from seven churches, who regularly take turns here.