Community-oriented design

by Jonathan McGaha | January 31, 2009 12:00 am

The Eastlake Community Church in Eastlake, Calif., complex is composed of three buildings on a terraced site. The newest of the three is an 18,000- square-foot (1,672-m2), 1,500-seat sloped fl oor auditorium, located between the two existing structures. The design incorporates a demanding program for a large building on a small site sandwiched between the existing building and a 35-foot (11-m) bank.

The fast-growing congregation required a venue for musical presentations that could be built in six months. The pastor requested a high-tech box with a black ceiling. The project utilized a prefabricated steel structure engineered and built by Ancon Building Group Inc., Escondido, Calif. McElroy Metal, Bossier City, La., supplied the metal roof deck and standing-seam roof for the project.

The shear massing of the building challenges the surrounding scale, while a sloped roof and layering of planes facing the street break down the scale as it relates to the existing facility. The community-oriented aspect of the aesthetics plays a major role in the look for the church. The architectural palette utilizes a smooth stucco finish on the metal stud walls, longspan steel frames and metal roof. The space between the new and existing buildings provides a canopy vaulted ceremonial entrance, in addition to necessary fire access. The canopy was fabricated as part of the structure by Ancon Building Group, as was the steeple crowned by the architect-designed steel cross. The plant trellis was constructed from Corten steel.

Manuel Oncina Architects Inc., La Jolla, Calif., was the architect, and Legacy Building Services, San Diego, was the general contractor.

Ancon Building Group Inc.

McElroy Metal Inc.

Source URL: https://www.metalarchitecture.com/projects/community-oriented-design/

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