Project Description
FROM THE AIA TENNESSEE:
This new church for 400-member
congregation, comprised of people whose livelihood comes from both local
agricultural and town-oriented vocations consists of an auditorium,
administrative offices, classrooms and fellowship hall.
Emphasizing form and simple
detailing, traditional articulation was translated using modern materials such
as a standing seam metal roof, white vertical metal siding, a low brick
foundation and white aluminum windows. These materials mimicked the traditional
materials but brought economics and durability to the current church.
In order to facilitate the
potential of a phased development, the program and design organizes itself into
three distinct volumes: auditorium with administrative offices, educational
spaces, and fellowship hall. These three
forms are then connected by a central corridor which becomes the spine of
church activities. Pushing the parking to the rear of the building away from
the roadway allows the church to seem to be situated in a field since no cars
are visible from the road.