Client: Archdiocese of Atlanta
Area: 50,000 sf
Completed: 2002

Services
Master Planning, Programming, Zoning, Liturgical Furniture Design, Building Design (services performed at CDH Partners by Thomas Smith as principal and Todd Groves as Project Manager)

The new 50,000 sf church facility was designed to take advantage of the rezoned residential site. Maximizing the use of the small site, the building is designed with the chapel, classrooms and offices on the lower level and worship with parish hall on the main level. The entrance of the church faces inward toward the existing parking which also serves as a Catholic school on the adjacent site. The apse of the church faces the main road, exposing the Gothic Revival details and stained glass windows.

Brief
• Facility shall have a large parish hall with full service kitchen
• Design a chapel with a secure lobby, restroom, and 24 hour access
• Collaborate with priest to design liturgical furnishings
• Open surround seating in the nave

Results
• A Gothic Revival style campus with a sanctuary that seats 1,100 parishioners
• Campus includes a chapel, parish hall, classrooms, nursery, full service kitchen, and administration offices