The church of St Aloysius is a 17,800 sq ft building,
designed by Erdy McHenry Architecture. The church is located in New Jersey,
United States of America. The project year was in 2009.
The design concept was drawn from “re-pitching the tent”.
This concept is seen on the delicate soaring roof lines envoking the concept of
simple worship. The roof anchors four concrete buttresses honouring the four
devotions of St. Aloysius: Blessed Sacrament, Passion of our Lord, Love of our
Lady, and Choir of Angels. These devotional
are translated into daily chapel, the children liturgy space, the sacristy and
the choir.
According to the Architects, “the Beams are 45ft and
between are three layers of half-inch plywood” and because it is a tensile-type
structure, there is a great economy to that”.
The hyperbolic paraboloid roof is used most often as
inexpensive solutions to long span roof requirements. The tent of St. Aloysius
Church is fabricated from standing seam metal panels, a technology usually used
for sport areas.
The fabric shape tent roof, allows for fluid lines on the
exterior and an intimate breakup of interior spaces, as well as a light structure
to cover the St Aloysius church massive building.
The roof of this building is one of the most striking
elements in this building. The Architect added a meeting space which serves as
a corridor that connects the old church building to the new church building. The
church arrangement is like an amphitheatre or an auditorium, with the alter
placed against one corner.
Images © Alan Schindler
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