Project 3: Non-Denominational Chapel on the campus of Farmingdale State College

You have been selected to design a proposed non-denominational chapel located on the campus of SUNY Farmingdale. The College wants this to be a profoundly spiritual place that people of all faiths can worship and reflect on life’s events. The College believes this can be achieved by the creative use of light. The College has outlined a preliminary program that is listed below. A site has yet to selected on campus; the College is looking for guidance from the Architect. The building should be integrated into the fabric of the campus. The College explicitly requests the design not be symmetrical.

Narrative

The college is moving forward on building the Chapel on campus. The chapel will be primary Christian, but will be open to all faiths, and will reflection of many live events. The college already has two memorials such as Memorial Hall and the MADD (Mothers against Drunk Driving), which are not near each other. Because of this I wanted the church to separate from the two so that we can have reflection and memorial areas are around campus. The main sanctuary will be the priority, because it is clearly the most important, followed by the Memorial Side Chapel and the Meditation Side Chapel. While the Small Library and Conference Room are nice they are not of as much as a priority. Mostly because the school already has such a big library.