This 12,000 square foot church for St. Martha?s Parish in Harvey, Louisiana was designed through a series of interactive, hands-on workshops withchurch leaders, building committee members, a Liturgical Consultant andthe entire St. Martha congregation. The new building, located at the center of the church property adjacent to a large grove of trees, engages the existing landscape to connect the church to nature. Future plans envision this grove as an expanded worship space with a meditation walk containing an outdoor stations of the cross. Celebrating boththe Church entry and its day chapel, a tower element anchors the project and acts as a campanile. Complementing this vertical element, the main worship space is more intimately scaled in keeping with the congregation?s desire to connect the new worship space with specific qualities of the old church. Liturgical elements are carefully arranged to provide a close relationship with the Priest, the congregation and the liturgy.
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