Our Specialisms
An adaptive-reuse precedent demonstrating how a transparent, curved glass pavilion can successfully interface with a historic stone church.
- What we like about this project
- An undulating elliptical upper lounge cantilevers slightly over the transparent ground floor entrance.
Materials
- stone
- glass
- metal
- slate
Visual identifiers
- curved-glass-extension
- historic-stone-church
- transparent-foyer
- architectural-contrast
Style tags
- contemporary
- historic-contrast
- transparent
Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse
- historic-integration
- contemporary-extension
- curved-facade
- glazing
- Geometry
- A contemporary curved and glazed wing is inserted between historic stone masonry walls, contrasting rectilinear stone masses with sweeping horizontal curves.
- Facade system
- Curved structural glazing curtain wall with slim metal mullions meeting heavy historic ashlar stone walls.
- Structural guess
- Steel moment frame supporting curved roof and extensive glass curtain wall tied into existing masonry.
- Spatial scale
- Human scale at entry steps, contrasted with the towering historic church tower.
- Lighting
- Bright afternoon sun casts strong directional light and sharp shadows across the facade and graveyard headstones.
- Atmosphere
- Reverent yet dynamic, bridging historic heritage with bright modern transparency.
- Environmental context
- Low-rise institutional and graveyard setting with mature trees and historic stonework.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the graveyard lawn, the historic fabric transitions into an open, transparent public foyer that bridges old and new structures.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical tracery and tower rhythm contrasted against sweeping horizontal curves of the glass curtain wall.
- Style reading
- Contemporary intervention on historic fabric
- Program
- Community church extension or heritage center
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stone, glass, metal, slate
- Visual identifiers
- curved-glass-extension, historic-stone-church, transparent-foyer, architectural-contrast
- Style tags
- contemporary, historic-contrast, transparent
- Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse, historic-integration, contemporary-extension, curved-facade, glazing
- Geometry
- A contemporary curved and glazed wing is inserted between historic stone masonry walls, contrasting rectilinear stone masses with sweeping horizontal curves.
- Facade system
- Curved structural glazing curtain wall with slim metal mullions meeting heavy historic ashlar stone walls.
- Structural guess
- Steel moment frame supporting curved roof and extensive glass curtain wall tied into existing masonry.
- Spatial scale
- Human scale at entry steps, contrasted with the towering historic church tower.
- Lighting
- Bright afternoon sun casts strong directional light and sharp shadows across the facade and graveyard headstones.
- Atmosphere
- Reverent yet dynamic, bridging historic heritage with bright modern transparency.
- Environmental context
- Low-rise institutional and graveyard setting with mature trees and historic stonework.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the graveyard lawn, the historic fabric transitions into an open, transparent public foyer that bridges old and new structures.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical tracery and tower rhythm contrasted against sweeping horizontal curves of the glass curtain wall.
- Style reading
- Contemporary intervention on historic fabric
- Program
- Community church extension or heritage center
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture