Churches and Chapels (eBook)
112 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4831-6308-6 (ISBN)
Part I of the book focuses on background, presenting general ideas and influences that made today's churches. Questions such as adapt or replace and concerns about design are addressed. This part also examines the role of today's clients and the possible types of churches and chapels that will prove desirable and satisfactory. Part II discusses the design process covering the need for a feasibility study and agreed design development. The feasibility study addresses retention of parts of the structure, size of the structure, costs, and consideration of other building designs. Design analysis involves evaluation of the architectural considerations that include Western congregational halls, design ideas, check-ups, and sketching. The details of the scheme design contain precise information that will serve as basis for the client to modify or accept and for the authorities to approve. Throughout this book, case studies that are relevant for each topic are also given.
This guide is useful for administration of local, parochial, and district congregations. This book can likewise be appreciated by architects and structural engineers.
Churches and Chapels: A Design and Development Guide is a reference for structure approach to design, development, or alteration of a building. The book deals with designing or altering traditional Western congregational halls and places of worship through a harmonious rending of religious worship and social action. Part I of the book focuses on background, presenting general ideas and influences that made today's churches. Questions such as adapt or replace and concerns about design are addressed. This part also examines the role of today's clients and the possible types of churches and chapels that will prove desirable and satisfactory. Part II discusses the design process covering the need for a feasibility study and agreed design development. The feasibility study addresses retention of parts of the structure, size of the structure, costs, and consideration of other building designs. Design analysis involves evaluation of the architectural considerations that include Western congregational halls, design ideas, check-ups, and sketching. The details of the scheme design contain precise information that will serve as basis for the client to modify or accept and for the authorities to approve. Throughout this book, case studies that are relevant for each topic are also given. This guide is useful for administration of local, parochial, and district congregations. This book can likewise be appreciated by architects and structural engineers.
Front Cover 1
Churches and Chapels 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 8
Foreword 6
Part I: The background 10
Chapter 1. A strategy for design development 12
1.1 Issues and intentions 12
1.2 Adapt or replace? 13
1.3 The importance of feasibility and briefing 13
1.4 What is design? 14
1.5 Design and construction methods 16
1.6 The main participants and their responsibilities 16
1.7 Programme of work 19
1.8 Approvals 19
Chapter 2. Buildings for the Christian Church 20
2.1 The changing shape of churches and chapels 20
2.2 Today's clients 25
2.3 Today's buildings 26
2.4 Scope and emphasis of this Guide 41
Part II: The process 42
Chapter 3. Feasibility study 44
3.1 Inception 44
3.2 Initial research 50
3.3 Consideration 52
3.4 Conclusions 54
3.5 Case study: Feasibility 55
Chapter 4. Brief making 58
4.1 Partnerships 58
4.2 Measurable criteria 62
4.3 Administrative and aspirational criteria 67
4.4 The brief 68
4.5 Case study: Brief making 68
Chapter 5. Design analysis 70
5.1 Parameters for design 70
5.2 Preliminary planning 71
5.3 Design ideas 71
5.4 Initial checks 72
5.5 Sketch design 73
5.6 Case study: Design analysis 73
Chapter 6. Scheme design 77
6.1 Resume 77
6.2 Space standards 79
6.3 Technical standards and performance specifications 85
6.4 Further analysis: known criteria versus the less definable 87
6.5 Design synthesis 89
6.6 Case study: Scheme design 93
Appendixes 94
Appendix 1: References and sources 96
A1.1 Specific to churches and chapels 96
A1.2 General 97
Appendix 2: Decisions concerning conservation or redevelopment 102
Appendix 3: Other Churches and institutions 106
A3.1 The Orthodox Church 106
A3.2 The Religious Society of Friends 107
A3.3 The Salvation Army 107
A3.4 Chapels within institutions or religious houses 107
A3.5 Crematoria 107
Conversion factors and Tables 109
Index 110
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.5.2014 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► CAD-Programme |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
Technik ► Architektur | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4831-6308-3 / 1483163083 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4831-6308-6 / 9781483163086 |
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