Congregational Space
Designing spaces that bring people together for shared experiences, worship, community, and cultural exchange.
Congregational space explores how architecture and design create environments for collective gathering. These spaces serve diverse purposes, from spiritual and religious functions to cultural events and everyday community interaction, each requiring thoughtful consideration of how people move through, occupy, and connect within them.
The community examines both permanent and temporary interventions, including chapels and spiritual centers, converted industrial spaces, cultural hubs, and shared living schemes. Projects range from biophilic approaches to brutalist conversions, exploring how materiality, spatial configuration, and program shape the experience of gathering together.
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Assemble Converts a Pair of 1930s Dairy Warehouses in Dagenham into a Church and Community Centre
On East London's Becontree Estate, a no-demolition retrofit gathers a church and a scattered charity under restored trusses and lime-plastered brick.
CAZA Gathers Circular Rooms into One Porous Church on a Wooded University Campus in Biñan
In Biñan, Philippines, Santuario de La Salle clusters circular chapels behind a ribbed colonnade and fin skin, easing campus bustle into worship.
Shell+Core Carve a Brutalist Coffee House and Concept Store from Raw Concrete in Dubai
Koncrete Space on Jumeirah's Dar Al Wasl road merges specialty coffee, curated retail, and a sunken majlis into 215 square meters of raw finishes.
Actual Office Turns South London Shell Spaces into a Warm, Steel-Accented Shared Living Scheme
At Cherry Orchard, a restrained palette of pale timber, white brick, and polished steel gives communal living a sense of quiet permanence.
