Betelehem Asfaw | Ordinance and Space, Space and Ordonnance

ORDINANCE AND SPACE SPACE AND ORDONNANCE

Contributor: Getachew Berhanu / Arte Para Construir EscuelasCollections

Hospitality Social interaction Ethiopian culture

Religious institutions

Community

BACKGROUND Contributor: Sabena Jane Blackbird / Alamy Stock Photo

Physical building

Church

Congregation Human body

Modification

Ordinance Repurposing

BACKGROUND

The rendered spatial adaptations and modifications are very substantial as they revamp the interior space.

Introducing social interaction into the church building itself, however, has been controversial to envisage with the ordinance.

Communal practice

Church tradition

Space utilization and Character

PROBLEM STATEMENT

Space altering directives | Social Interaction Accustomed practices | Building structure Programmatic | esthetic implications

FOCUS

Hospitality

Edir

Celebrations

Ekub

Community support

Shimglena

COMMUNITY

Social context

Conventional

Chaos

Church setting

Ordinance

Peaceful

Unsettle

Calm

Boisterous

Serenity

CONTEXT

Seqelama | Byzantine

Kib | Concentric

Washa | Cave

TYPLOLOGY

Protestant

Catholic

Orthodox

TYPLOLOGY

welcoming and approachable pooling of resources wider outreach community impact promote and reinforces interactions

ADAPTIVE USE

Extracting social services from the church building PLANIMETRIC

CONCEPT

Unique typology Sanctuary Soleas Nave

Familiarity of Christianity and the uniqueness of Ethiopian tewahdo PLANIMETRIC

CONCEPT

Shift the center Layout following space utilization PLANIMETRIC

CONCEPT

SCOPE

INTERVENTION

MAJOR ACCESS

INTERVENTION

PUBLIC STRUCTURES

INTERVENTION

SITE

INTERVENTION

Access

Conceptual form

FORM

CONCEPT

Ingress and built-up space

Hard and soft scape

FORM

CONCEPT

Francesco Lipari: Locris church in southern Italy with undulating roof

Futuristic Past: Ethiopian Vernacular architecture zoma museum

FORM STUDY

FORM

CONCEPT

Site view

PROJECT

Relative orientation

True North

Ancillary unit Church

Labeled

Awdemihret Maekel

Site view

PROJECT

First level

PROJECT

West entrance Male entrance Bethlehem/Baptismal/Vestry

Female entrance

Sanctuary Solea

Sanctuary

First level entrance

Second level entrance

Main entrance

First level

Collection/Shops

Kids room

Kitchen

Lounge

Seminar/Exhibition

PROJECT

Second level

PROJECT

Light well

Staggered surface Curated openings

Sitting Arena Maternity rooms

Classrooms Library

Sunday-school room Lobby/Lounge

Second level

PROJECT

Third level

PROJECT

Johnson Wax structure Frank Llyod Wright

Integrated structure

Third level

Voluntary Service

Offices

Training rooms

PROJECT

Fourth level

PROJECT

Steel frame

Converging structure

Wire mesh Conrete shell

Fourth level Terrace/gathering space

meeting rooms Main hall/Auditorium

PROJECT

Main entry

Lobby / Lounge

Maekel spaces

Stepped sitting

Outdoor area

West entry

Sanctuary

Soleas

Aisles

Sectional view

PROJECT

Midway view

PROJECT

In between space

PROJECT

Section

PROJECT

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