The last resident of the Le Paige estate donated her castle and the surrounding park to the City of Herentals on condition that the neighbouring dilapidated emergency church be replaced by a new church. The designated site is located along the northern entrance gate, right on the old ramparts.

On this historically significant site, three spaces are constructed from reclaimed brick within the perimeter of a square. The defensive mound, eroded by time, is locally reconstructed in the form of an earthen mound surrounding the three volumes. Cut off by the square, the mound forms the natural formwork for a vault. The context provides the materials for the intervention. The earth for the mound comes from the deepening of the moat. The existing church is recycled as granulate for the cyclopean concrete with which the formwork is filled to the top.

After the concrete has hardened and been removed from the formwork, the earth underneath is dug away, creating a vault resting on three legs along which the brick volumes are accessed. The result is a vaulted spiritual space that offers protection from the elements. An intimate chapel can be used for small ceremonies. The dried-up canals are reconnected to the Kleine Nete, and a sublime hidden garden is laid out around the church.