The initial award of this project came by means of winning a design competition. Southwick LA is teamed with a local architectural firm whose designs won first place in the competition. This new, modern church is located next to a private high school, Bishop Gorman, whose landscape architecture was also designed by Southwick LA.
Within the site, spaces are divided for their own specific purposes. An outdoor presentation stage contains a slightly raised platform. The backdrop for the stage includes layered stone walls stained red and a rustic brown. Within the walls, religious symbols have been stained a dark brown for extra emphasis.
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Other artistic walls located on the site contain breaks in the wall made up of religious symbols that allow the space behind the wall to become visible through the openings. A mediation area has been created with more religious symbolism as the focal point. Some of the plants adorning these areas are intended to contain religious symbolism as well.
The religious symbols around the site are made of individual offset elements that align to form the symbol as you move through the space. This gives a very dynamic look and feel to these artistic elements.
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