2nd Place - $1,000 prizeGINSENG CHICKEN Architecture PC
116 West 23rd Street 5th FL.
New york, NY 10011
Phone: (347) 482-1618
Email: info@ginsengchicken.netChurch Facade
The interpretation of main theme of the project - minimalism music is expressed by using contemporary architectural materials. The lightness of the perforated metal screen contrasts with the heavy stone masonry of the existing church while simultaneously mirroring images of masonry texture. The exterior skin system defines the relationship between the old and new in a bold yet responsible manner. Formally, Even though the new building façade consumes the existing St. Paul’s church, the overlaps only occurs along within the northern and southern boundaries of the church exterior shell, providing a completely independent structural system in order to avoid bearing any load onto the church.
The openness of the perforated metal screen allows the exterior of the existing church to remain intact and always visible. Also, the permeable skin system will allow everyone from up close and far away to glimpse inside the performance and practice halls. A visitor standing inside the screen will be able to experience a sense of light, nature, the sky, and the sun infiltrate the building throughout the entire space, creating an experience that is both interior and exterior, traditional and modern. An experience that is culturally whole.
A Traditional Masonry Wall System: This human scale wet construction provides warm texture to buildings and users. The building of structures from individual units are laid in and bound together by mortar. Masonry is generally a highly durable form of construction. However, the materials used, the quality of the mortar and workmanship, and the pattern the units are assembled in can strongly affect the durability of the overall masonry construction.
Minimal Reinterpretation of the Traditional Masonry Wall System: Perforated Metal Screen Façade Screen Cladding with Custom Pattern that assimilates Traditional Masonry Wall. This dry construction allows wall to breathe. And the building façade which does not carry any dead load from the building other than its own dead load, and one which transfers the horizontal loads (wind loads) that are incident upon it.
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