A search for simplicity was the drive behind the design, born of the desire to allow a visitor to access a formerly unreachable point in space. At tree canopy level, the feeling of proximity to Nature is enhanced. The building is framed by a sequence of timber structural elements that sit on a narrowing triangular platform projecting towards the sea. The wooden floor is supported by a single column opposite to the entrance, rising from the ground deep below and transforming itself, at eye level, into a cross. From the inside, one can also look sideways and contemplate the surrounding vegetation showing between the vertically arranged wooden beams. The exterior glass panes shelter the interior from sunlight, wind, and rain and gently mirror the tree tops from the outside. Rational building solutions allowed quick assembly and minimal site impact. The Joá Chapel is a building designed with technical pragmatism to create a spiritually charged place. By reducing the architectural components to the bare essential, its structural elements acquire symbolic and aesthetic functions.