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Jury Comments: The intricate detailing, together with the blended use of color and texture, made this project stand out to the jury. The buttressed foundation walls seem to anchor the building to the site, while the textured banding and integrated patterns of glass block help to soften what might otherwise be an overwhelmingly sterile wall. This project seeks to integrate into the existing Palm Desert Community Presbyterian Church campus by mediating between the 1968 concrete and glu-lam sanctuary and the Santa Rosa Mountains. To this end, concrete masonry units were used to establish both color and form for the building. The concrete masonry unit base consists of alternating bands of 12” deep burnished CMU and 13” deep shop-blast CMU. These alternating depths and finishes of concrete masonry create a heavily rusticated and shadowed base onto which the classroom and auditorium spaces are positioned. These volumes, arranged around a central corridor, push to the edge for their light source and pull away to create elevated planters. The roof lines were lifted towards the north to provide additional light and views for the classroom spaces. The roof to the far-east enclosing the auditorium was lifted to create a visual link to the sweeping roof of the existing sanctuary, while providing an acoustically sound interior. Included in this 26,000 square foot, two-level building are eight new classrooms, an intimate 85-seat fine arts auditorium, a multi-purpose room (with stage and food preparation room) able to accommodate a 350 person banquet, praise services, or basketball, a youth fellowship room, library/gathering space, media room, volunteer room, computer room, 2,000 plus square feet of storage, and meeting room and offices for four staff members. Within a constrained site, the project was able to more than double the church’s total square-footage and provide an additional 25 new parking spaces. |
ARCHITECT OF RECORD: MKA - Martinez/Kuch Architects 2201 Martin Street, Suite 201 Ron Kuch DESIGN ARCHITECT: The Art Office 83-810 Vin Deo Circle, Phillip K. Smith, III STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: GENERAL CONTRACTOR: MASONRY CONTRACTOR: BLOCK PRODUCER: OWNER: |
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