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Architects: Arcari + Iovino Architects

Location: New Jersey, USA

Year: 2013

Photographs: Courtesy of Arcari + Iovino Architects

From the architect. The Parishs objective for their new spiritual home was to create a

destination that was more than a Sunday worship space. A community center setting

where parishioners could spend their day in fellowship through worship, religious study,

recreation, art appreciation, music and dining. The Church acquired a 24-acre site in

northern New Jersey that had the base structures and open areas to establish a strong

community campus. Existing outdoor recreation and reflection areas together with a former

religious facility set the scene for the new building.

The sanctuary of the new 32,800 square foot facility accommodates 380 worshipers and is

acoustically designed to accommodate music recitals and performances as well as its

traditional function. Across a service zone, a multipurpose space gathers the parishioners

before and after services. This two-story space has a mezzanine art gallery featuring works

by parishioners. Comfortable seating areas receive natural light from a large skylight above.

The lower level contains childrens chapels for three different age groups, which are

occupied when the adults are in mass.

The recreation space also includes an indoor basketball court and a kitchen facility. The

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monolithic vertical fins of the sanctuary have three primary functions; they allow diffused

light in and out of the space through floor-to-ceiling slots of patterned glass; they reinforce

the acoustic quality of performances along with the ceiling system; and lastly they are

sculptural elements in the landscape. The vertical expression of the stair, which serves as a

beacon much like a classic bell tower, gives way to the horizontal lines of the main

entrance faade. The faade incorporates a warm palate of materials utilizing bands of red

brick, wood doors, and vision glass at a pedestrian scale welcoming to parishioners.

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