Sunday, 17 April 2011

Creating sacred architecture

The notion that church architecture is only sacred because of what it contains, a congregation which are the temples for the holy spirit, sets up an interesting framework. I propose the physical presence of the congregation, should invoke a reaction within the church architecture. Such that the physical presence of the congregation empowers the architecture to change and become sacred. Whilst this idea may seem absurd, it is passed in a theological understanding of the notions of what is sacred...

Simply put: Church architecture begins to be articulated by the idea that the presence of the congregation actually creates the space in which they worship. The congregation is sacred and as such they empower the architecture to be sacred through their presence.

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