教堂位于墨西哥哈利斯科州的东北部的一个龙舌兰酒厂内，这里既有大量虔诚的信徒，也深受墨西哥当代文化的影响。教堂的设计灵感来源于当地传统住宅中的家庭教堂，封闭性的宗教空间在此与花园、台地等举办聚会的开放性场所相连，带来了更灵活的使用模式。人们可随需要划分空间，让场地扩充至平日的三倍之多。

The Chapel is found inside a tequila factory, located in the northeast of the state of Jalisco – known to be one of the most religious areas in the country and one with the most outstanding contemporary Mexican culture – . This spiritual and social space is a reinterpretation of the mixed use spaces that exist in older haciendas and houses of the region, where people used to have a chapel or oratory in their own houses, adjacent to the terraces and open covered spaces, where social and family events were commonly held. These spaces were separated or made into a single space depending on the occasion and the area needed for the religious ceremony; sometimes being as flexible as to allow to triple their capacity into the adjacent spaces.

▽ 湖边的小教堂，chaple by the lake

教堂位于湖边的平台之上，眺望着湖水、花园和远方的工厂以及龙舌兰种植园。南侧和西侧的高墙阻挡了猛烈而炎热的阳光，也让内部空间不受外部繁忙的交通所影响。而在北侧，蜿蜒的赤陶瓷砖小道沿着水岸延伸，穿过了花园，连接着工厂和教堂。

The chapel sits on a cantilevered platform, overviewing the lake, the gardens, the factory and the agave fields. The building is oriented in a way that its closed walls face the fierce southern and western sun, keeping privacy from the traffic patio. A terracotta tile pathway leads visitors from the factory towards the chapel, allowing them to admire the scenery, and enjoy the walk around the lake and gardens, leading them finally into the complex.

▽ 封闭的建筑体量，tall and close volume of the chapel

▽ 阳光照射在建筑西侧立面，留下强烈的明暗对比，closed walls block the fierce western sun

▽ 建筑靠外一侧封闭保证内部空间的安静，而临湖一侧则相对开敞，walls keep privacy from the traffic patio while open to the nature on the other side

低矮的主入口和高大的内部空间形成了强烈对比，先抑后扬的空间序列营造出庄严而神圣的空间氛围。高耸墙体投下的阴影，为朝拜的人们挡去毒辣的阳光，而边界分明的蓝天和强烈的明暗对比则让人心生崇敬。一抹绿意通过两个体量中部的开放性空间渗入了建筑，带了更柔和的空间氛围，而在建筑北侧的半室内空间中，利落的建筑结构框出了一个个如画般的美景。

The low height of its main entrance opening underlines the feeling of intimacy and sanctity. The tall, dominating volume, shelters the visitor and frames the sky with its solid and strong presence, allowing light to cast strong and defined shadows into its interior volume, emphasizing a spiritual experience. The open space between volumes merges with the region landscape and the covered space frames essential views.

▽ 高大的墙体和低矮的主入口对比强烈，the low height of the main entrance opening

▽ 庄严而神圣的空间氛围，feeling of intimacy and sanctity

▽ 被高大墙体框出的边界分明的蓝天，solid walls frame the sky

▽ 高耸墙体挡去阳光，带来的强烈的明暗对比，the  tall volume shelters the visitor and cast strong shadows into the interior

▽ 从中部开放性空间悄然渗入的绿意， the open space between volumes merges with the landscape

▽ 利落的建筑结构框出如画美景，the covered space frames essential views

移动的十字架和可随需要关闭或打开的大门为空间带来了更多可变性：或是仅仅利用建筑室内空间举行宗教仪式，或是室内外结合，承办兼具宗教和社会交往双重性质的其它仪式和典礼。

It is with the changeable location of the cross and the opening and closing of doors that we manage to modify the spaces into two main options, depending on the size of the space required, either for a religious ceremony or for a hybrid in nature event which could be both, a religious and social occasion.

▽ 位于室内的十字架和宗教性仪式空间布局，indoor cross for religious ceremony

▽ 位于室外的十字架和兼具宗教和社交双重性质的仪式空间，outdoor cross for both religious and social occasion

生砖、粉色砂岩和赤陶瓷砖等本土材料的运用则让建筑极富当地特色，不仅和环境融为一体，也让居民倍感亲切。建筑师利用大量暧昧的空间带来多重的感官体验，模糊了内部与外部、封闭与开放的空间界限。

Using local materials: uncooked brick, pink sandstone and terracotta tiles the building blends with its surroundings and a link between the people and the building was created. We intended to create a sensory interaction between spaces, dissolving the edges between the interior and exterior, protected and connected to nature.

▽ 与自然相契合的本土建筑材料，local materials blends with its surroundings

▽ 细部设计，detail

Architecture and Supervision: estudio ALA Client: Tequila Centinela Location: Arandas, Jalisco, México Area: 540 m2 Year: 2014 Photo: César Béjar