{"id":17260,"date":"2015-06-25T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T07:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/blog\/?p=17260"},"modified":"2015-06-25T07:00:38","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T07:00:38","slug":"rainbow-chapel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/blog\/2015\/06\/25\/rainbow-chapel\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Chapel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2015\/06\/10\/rainbow-chapel-coordination-asia-kaleidoscopic-wedding-venue-shanghai-stained-glass-china\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.dezeen.com\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Rainbow-Chapel-by-Coordination-Asia_dezeen_784_7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography is by Coordination Asia.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m a sucker for color and good design, so you can imagine how this Chinese chapel caught my eye. Via dezeen.com:<\/p>\n<p>Couples with a love of stained glass can now get married in a kaleidoscopic\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/weddings\/\">wedding<\/a>\u00a0chapel next to a Shanghai glass museum.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2015\/06\/10\/rainbow-chapel-coordination-asia-kaleidoscopic-wedding-venue-shanghai-stained-glass-china\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.dezeen.com\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Rainbow-Chapel-by-Coordination-Asia_dezeen_784_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography is by Coordination Asia.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Designed by Chinese studio\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coordination.asia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Coordination Asia<\/a>, the Rainbow Chapel features a multi-hued facade made up of over 3,000 glass panels, displaying 65 different colours.<\/p>\n<p>These create a 6.8-metre-high cylinder\u00a0that\u00a0transitions like a rainbow\u00a0from warm tones of red, orange and yellow, down to shades of green, blue, purple and pink.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2015\/06\/10\/rainbow-chapel-coordination-asia-kaleidoscopic-wedding-venue-shanghai-stained-glass-china\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.dezeen.com\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Rainbow-Chapel-by-Coordination-Asia_dezeen_784_8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography is by Coordination Asia.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to architect and studio founder Tilman Th\u00fcrmer, the aim was to create a wedding venue to suit young and creative couples, serving as an alternative to China&#8217;s more traditional venues.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2015\/06\/10\/rainbow-chapel-coordination-asia-kaleidoscopic-wedding-venue-shanghai-stained-glass-china\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.dezeen.com\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Rainbow-Chapel-by-Coordination-Asia_dezeen_468_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography is by Coordination Asia.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;There was a lack in the Chinese wedding market that mainly offers city-centre locations and classic settings, and we went on to fill that gap,&#8221; Th\u00fcrmer explained.<\/p>\n<p>The building is located at G+ Park in north Shanghai \u2013 a museum cluster designed by Coordination Asia that also includes the Shanghai Museum of Glass and the Kids Museum of Glass.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2015\/06\/10\/rainbow-chapel-coordination-asia-kaleidoscopic-wedding-venue-shanghai-stained-glass-china\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.dezeen.com\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Rainbow-Chapel-by-Coordination-Asia_dezeen_468_23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography is by Coordination Asia.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Over the years of operating the museum park we experienced an increasing demand to have a new type of venue that caters to the Chinese public, now avid for living a creative life, gathering new and exciting experiences and mixing art and lifestyle,&#8221; added Th\u00fcrmer.<\/p>\n<p>Standing over a shallow pool of water, the 390-square-metre building is framed by a rectilinear white structure with a wall on only one of its\u00a0four sides.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a 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