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Infinity Chapel by hanrahanMeyers
New York studio hanrahanMeyers have completed the interior of a chapel in New York with curved walls.
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Called Infinity Chapel, the chapel is designed according to golden section geometry.
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A lobby and reading room face the street through a glass facade.
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A teaching space and boardroom are located in the basement, illuminated with natural light through rectangular light wells in the floor above.
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Photographs are courtesy of Michael Moran Photography.
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The information that follows is from the architects:
Infinity Chapel
The Infinity Chapel for the Tenth Church of Christ, Scientist, features a 4000 square foot cubic sanctuary transformed by slivers of natural light and the traces of complex curves.
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Within this space fragments of the sacred geometries of squares, golden section rectangles, and ‘spheres of light’ surround worshippers.
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Three inwardly curving walls - one from the south, one from the north, and one from the west - suggest the large spheres.
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These forms bend toward each other to create a continuously curved room on three sides, suggesting an infinite surface similar to the Klein bottle or Mobius strip.
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A cubic space defines the seating area, while the additional 'deep' space of the stage and organ extend the cubic space into a golden section.
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Natural light penetrates the room through the western wall, both at the stage level and through the curved surface above.
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The 3000 square foot lobby and Christian Science Reading Room face the street, and are designed as open, relaxed spaces for study and conversation.
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The historic façade toward MacDougal Street and Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village has floor to ceiling glass, with large pieces of free-form ash floating in the window display areas.
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Below the ground level is a 7000 square foot school and boardroom, which has borrowed natural light entering above from rectangular light wells that project through the first floor.
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These light wells are integral connectors between the two levels of the project, and create formal punctuations that mark the passage of worshippers from street to sanctuary.
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Client: Tenth Church of Christ, Scientist
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