Interfaith Design

This year, the Knowledge Resources Committee of Interfaith Design has started sharing monthly case studies on the blog. February's case study was the 2017 Faith & Form award-winning Liberty United Methodist Church designed by Dake Wells Architecture.

The sanctuary at Liberty UMC stood out to me as a "space which proves that the black box sanctuary type common to contemporary Protestant Christian worship need not preclude architectural subtlety." The idea of furthering more robust architectonic solutions for this style of worship has been on my mind after attending the "Contemplating Warehouses and Worship" symposium at Cal Baptist last year. I'm curious if anyone else has any good examples or concepts that similarly improve the quality of these types of spaces while maintaining the informality, technological integration, and other attributes these congregations value.

Rather than relying on AV-driven models, superficial stage sets, and borrowed typologies, how can our buildings satisfy the media and budget requirements of these worship spaces while more fully expressing the identity of the local community?

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Jason John Paul Haskins, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Locus Iste | Church-building from Liturgy & Worship | http://locusiste.org
hatch + ulland owen architects | http://huoarchitects.com
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Jason:

Thank you for your comments. Combining contemporary "black boxes" with transcendent theology - I am currently working on my PhD with this theme. I can't wait to read more of your work - is there any online access to the Cal Baptist symposium? Thanks.

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Rev. Steven Barduson AIA
Barduson Architects
Phoenix AZ
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-06-2019 14:27
From: Jason Haskins
Subject: Contemporary Worship

This year, the Knowledge Resources Committee of Interfaith Design has started sharing monthly case studies on the blog. February's case study was the 2017 Faith & Form award-winning Liberty United Methodist Church designed by Dake Wells Architecture.

The sanctuary at Liberty UMC stood out to me as a "space which proves that the black box sanctuary type common to contemporary Protestant Christian worship need not preclude architectural subtlety." The idea of furthering more robust architectonic solutions for this style of worship has been on my mind after attending the "Contemplating Warehouses and Worship" symposium at Cal Baptist last year. I'm curious if anyone else has any good examples or concepts that similarly improve the quality of these types of spaces while maintaining the informality, technological integration, and other attributes these congregations value.

Rather than relying on AV-driven models, superficial stage sets, and borrowed typologies, how can our buildings satisfy the media and budget requirements of these worship spaces while more fully expressing the identity of the local community?

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Jason John Paul Haskins, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Locus Iste | Church-building from Liturgy & Worship | http://locusiste.org
hatch + ulland owen architects | http://huoarchitects.com
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Hi Steven:

Unfortunately, there are no recordings or publications that I am aware of from the symposium. But there is some overview information and the paper titles/presenters archived here: http://cavad.calbaptist.edu/events/architecture-symposium#schedule.

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Jason John Paul Haskins, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Locus Iste | Church-building from Liturgy & Worship | http://locusiste.org
hatch + ulland owen architects | http://huoarchitects.com
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-07-2019 17:43
From: Steven Barduson
Subject: Contemporary Worship

Jason:

Thank you for your comments. Combining contemporary "black boxes" with transcendent theology - I am currently working on my PhD with this theme. I can't wait to read more of your work - is there any online access to the Cal Baptist symposium? Thanks.

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Rev. Steven Barduson AIA
Barduson Architects
Phoenix AZ

Original Message:
Sent: 03-06-2019 14:27
From: Jason Haskins
Subject: Contemporary Worship

This year, the Knowledge Resources Committee of Interfaith Design has started sharing monthly case studies on the blog. February's case study was the 2017 Faith & Form award-winning Liberty United Methodist Church designed by Dake Wells Architecture.

The sanctuary at Liberty UMC stood out to me as a "space which proves that the black box sanctuary type common to contemporary Protestant Christian worship need not preclude architectural subtlety." The idea of furthering more robust architectonic solutions for this style of worship has been on my mind after attending the "Contemplating Warehouses and Worship" symposium at Cal Baptist last year. I'm curious if anyone else has any good examples or concepts that similarly improve the quality of these types of spaces while maintaining the informality, technological integration, and other attributes these congregations value.

Rather than relying on AV-driven models, superficial stage sets, and borrowed typologies, how can our buildings satisfy the media and budget requirements of these worship spaces while more fully expressing the identity of the local community?

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Jason John Paul Haskins, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Locus Iste | Church-building from Liturgy & Worship | http://locusiste.org
hatch + ulland owen architects | http://huoarchitects.com
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