Though many associates the design of the chapel to Bruder Klaus’s life of living in a ravine or the oculus resembling the starburst referencing to the saint’s vision of womb, yet, Zumthor’s only vision is that of architecture. Nevertheless, all these interpretations make the piece even more interesting. Zumthor smiles. His sole intention is to create a place of solace, meditation and reflection. Quoting his words, “To me, buildings can have a beautiful silence that I associate with attributes such as composure, self-evidence, durability, presence and integrity, and with warmth and sensuousness as well; a building that is being itself, being a building, not representing anything, just being.”