Grace Point Church

Grace Point Church is a ground-up project designed for a growing congregation. Designed with an agrarian aesthetic in mind, the church, with a simple gable-pitched roof, mimics the form of local barns with their traditional tin roofline. The building was designed with the use of pre-engineered metal building frame in mind and skinned with standing seam galvalume. The galvalume skin is minimally treated with taught gutters and downspouts with care taken to allow wall panel and roof panel seams. The bulk of the building transparency is on the front facade, opening the church up to the street. Large clerestory windows allow a great amount of natural light to enter the space, while expanding the interior volume.

A large, covered drop-off marks entry into the building and provides space that may be infilled as the church grows. The interior space is simple and modest with the worship space positioned on the opposite side of the entrance. People enter under the drop-off canopy, progress throughout the lobby, before reaching the worship space with its large, windowless volume intended for internal focus. Therefore, the entrance of people into the space flows from the drop-off entrance, through the lobby and into the worship space. The church also includes a small office space, restrooms, and a coffee/lounge area.