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Refreshing and Renewal
John W Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
under President Lyndon Johnson once said,
“Renewal is not just innovation and change. It is also
the process of bringing the results of change into line with our purposes.”
The secret of positive renewal is to harness innovation in
such a way that it aligns changes that we implement with our overriding
purposes and vision.
CPL Architects are pleased to have recently completed a new
church building for The Gate, Reading, who are a church known for their
emphasis on Refreshing and Renewal. The project represents a close
collaboration to provide new church and community facilities replacing the original
building, which was no longer suitable for their needs.
The new accessible and sustainable building is designed in
stone and copper cladding and includes a contemporary double height, flexible
worship space with baptistry and integrated AV systems, a café, modern toilet
facilities, flexible meeting rooms and storage facilities on the ground floor
level.
The first floor is designed to include flexible teaching
spaces, meeting rooms and associated kitchen and toilet facilities with lift
access and a dedicated AV room for live streaming of services.
The second floor is designed to include offices, flexible
meeting and conference facilities with lift access and associated refreshment
and toilet facilities. There is also an Art Room which is designed to benefit
from a large overhead north light for painting, which forms an important part
of the worship at The Gate Church.
The site has been carefully landscaped to provide parking
with electric charging points, cycle storage and soft landscaping, including an
external terrace for the café, a secure play area for children and a garden
area.
The new building is designed to meet BREEAM requirements and
includes high levels of insulation, underfloor heating and passive ventilation.
If you have an exciting vision that requires refreshing and
renewal of your site and buildings, please contact us at admin@cplarchitects.co.uk to find
out how we can help you realise your vision.