Chapel Ste Rita
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Chapel St Rita
Concrete chapel with cantilevered roof and folding cedar walls
The folding Western Red Cedar walls of this small Lebanese chapel can extend and contract to accommodate a fluctuating congregation. Folded away in the summer months, the seven-metre cantilevered roof shades visitors and allows services to be performed in the open air.
The floors are paved with Nero Assoluto Granite and interior furnishings, including the altar and pews, are made of Iroko Teak wood. The ceiling incorporates a sand blasted laminated glass cross with integrated lighting.
Data
- Begun: Apr 2007
- Completed: Dec 2007
- Floor area: 90m2
- Total cost: £75,000
- Procurement: Private client
- Address: Sanctuary St. Mary, Village of Zahle, Bekaa, Lebanon
Professional Team 
- Architect: Joseph Faycal
- Client: Assad Nakad
- Structural engineer: Simon Daniel (O.T.C.E. Lebanon)
- Services engineer: Roger Njeim
- Quantity surveyor: Charles Maroun
- Main contractor: Elie Issa
Suppliers
- Hardwood Supplier: Bassam Zeidan
- Mechanical services: Georges Atallah
- Granite support systems: Samir Nahra
- Lighting : Ariss Lighting Group
