I rejoiced when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.” There the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, As it was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord. - Psalm 122

Survey Plan – Overall Property

Site Options for Church

Initial Concept – Site Plan

Number of Seats in church permanent seats Seating Design Traditional Nave Modern Circle Hall Seating capacity 300

Initial Concept – Floor Plan

Hall Church Entrance Entrance Narthex

Narthex

“Visible churches are not simply gathering places but signify and make visible the Church living in this place, the dwelling of God with men reconciled and united in Christ... In this ‘house of God’ the truth and the harmony of the signs that make it up should show Christ to be present and active in this place.” - Catechism of the Catholic Church, Exterior Concept

There are many ways that the church accomplishes such a feat, but three primary elements well define the aesthetics of the church building: Verticality Verticality Permanence Permanence Iconography Iconography A church … must look like a church.

Initial Concept – Exterior

Church