Global Ministries Headquarters / Bittoni Design Studio

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Once completed in 2010, the Bread of Life Global Ministries’ headquarters in Nei-hu, will be the largest church in Taiwan. Totaling over 12,000 square meters, the structure will be complete with commercial space, offices, cafe, roof deck, and of course, prayer rooms.  Only in the early conceptual stages, Bittoni Design Studio is looking to better the design with constructive criticism from people outside the design team, and who better than you!

After a little more about the project, critique their start after the break.

prayer rooms

While the building will provide a 4,000 person auditorium for weekend masses, during the week, the congregation hoped the mass space could be converted to allow for conferences and performances.  The firm’s auditorium took on a “living room” feel that would create a “non-hierarchical gathering space to be subdivided for smaller or simultaneous events.”  To do so, they opted for a centralized or more traditional proscenium design on the main floor.

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The other programmatic elements are stacked above the auditorium.  A roof terrace allows users to enjoy the views of the surrounding countryside, while the transparent prayer rooms protrude from the exterior envelope to “make prayer an outward activity and a celebrated act.”

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The design presented here is a start for the headquarters, yet feedback would allow the firm to create a building that would fulfill all of its potential.

 
 
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jeff says:

Where are the floor plan? It does not show a chracter of a church… it’s like an ordinary office building.

 
# August 26, 2009 at 21:53
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    william says:

    good call. my own office has just completed a project in the area and the rules are fairly strict as to what style is allowed. aesthetically it is fairly aggressive for the area. i enjoy the fact that it is non traditional. the prayer rooms are a great idea, especially for an evangelical organization. we need plans!

     
    # August 26, 2009 at 22:08
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      fufish says:

      Hi! my office is actually in Nei-hu. This area has a lot of introverted blocky building. Maybe this one can be a bit more extroverted to the civic life, which I believe it has the potential to.

       
      # August 27, 2009 at 01:33
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    armeyn says:

    how does the “church caracter should be?”
    u sound like my ortodoc teacher in past 10 years :D

     
    # August 27, 2009 at 01:18
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    peter says:

    what you are saying is it does not show the character of a church building, big difference here between a church and and church building. however, i’m not sure what are supposedly the expected traits of a church. after all the sole function of a church building is to house the people and provided the facility for the 4 main activities of the church, worship, word, disciple, evangelism. if the church building becomes anything more than the intended role(for example it starts pretend it is able to connect people to God), it attempts to assume the role of the church, thus it becomes more than a church building. i think those are things we should avoid.

     
    # July 12, 2010 at 02:57
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QFWFQ says:

表现图很有意思,有点轻浮的!
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# August 26, 2009 at 23:01
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joninberlin says:

I like the Lewis+Tsurumaki+Lewis-style imagry. However, the design speaks nothing of a church to me or anything having to do with spirituality/religion for that matter.

 
# August 27, 2009 at 05:48
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    Jason says:

    You’re absolutely right, I see nothing in this design representative of oppression, manipulation, lies, or control.

     
    # August 27, 2009 at 11:12
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rodrigobocater says:

for me it’s just someone playing with SketchUp and Photoshop.
No contemplation spaces and no plans, its just a comercial building

 
# August 27, 2009 at 17:56
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john says:

looks like a project i did……….BACK IN 1ST YR UNIVERSITY C’MON

 
# August 29, 2009 at 13:15

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