the People

Architect
gmp – von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects
Elbchaussee 139
22763 Hamburg
T: +49.40.88 151 0
F: +49.40.88 151 177/8
E-Mail: Hamburg-E@gmp-architekten.de

Design:
Meinhard von Gerkan and Joachim Zais, 2002
Team, design:
Monika van Vught
Project leader:
Joachim Zais

General contractor
Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau, Dresden

Photographer
Marcus Bredt
Berlin
(0049-30-25298284)

CAD system, project management, or other software used:
Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau used for construction work of interior design AutoCAD 2008.

the Products

Structural system:
Self-supporting room-in-room-system (steel framework)

Suspended glass ceiling and glass wall:
STRUCTURAN ® - GLASS CERAMIC (INDUPART, Germany) reinforced with specially manufactured light-permeable glass-fibre honeycomb board, framed with profiles of crude steel, complete background lighting creating homogenous light above and on one side. Light bulbs by LINESTRA, Germany.

Doors
Entrances:
Fire Protection Door (SCHOERGHUBER, Germany)internally cladded by Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau with veneer panel in same material as wall panelling

Hardware
Security devices:
Emergency Exit Hardware (FSB, Germany)

Interior finishes
Wall coverings:
Panelling with integrated cabinets and matching flooring: plywood panelling (WISA Multiplex board lacquered surface by Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau) partly reworked with slots for ventilation (Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau)

Lighting
Interior ambient lighting:
altar candles

Uplights:
Linestra, Germany

Conveyance
Accessibility provision (lifts, ramping, etc.):
Access to chapel for all via a slight inclining ramp manufactured in the same material as the flooring.