Completion Date:
1992

Work Performed by Brandt Construction, Inc.: 30%

Project Manager:
David S. Brandt

Owner:
Church of The Nativity

Project Architect:
Williamson Architects, Inc.

Structural Engineer:
Hoffman Consulting
Engineers

References:
Wayne Martin
Church of The Nativity
(317) 823-5362

Valentina Williamson
Williamson Architects, Inc.
(317) 263-9655

This existing Episcopal church, located in a converted stable on a wooded suburban site, needed to double its Worship, Education, and Activity space. The new construction was to retain the natural beauty of the site and views from the church into the surrounding woods. The addition, especially the Nave, was to have the simplicity, dignity, and direct construction of a barn, and retain a sense of its relationship to the Nativity. The Church was to express spiritual values of community, of quiet meditation, and of space at the center. It was to be a place for tradition and enthusiasm, for liturgical liveliness and creativity. The copper covered stone Font is prominently placed at the entrance diagonally opposite the Altar. Light filters in from high clerestory windows through the soaring central space formed by barn like wood trusses. Materials and colors are natural and neutral without being rustic, and emphasize colorful liturgical hangings. Light and color change with the liturgical and natural seasons and the time of day.

Features:

• Barn like wood trusses in the Nave.

• High clerestory windows in the Nave where light filters in.

• New spacious and well lit classrooms.