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| The addition of a chapel to the Air Force Village allows for the signature building and social heart to introduce a hierarchy and order to the campus as a whole. Sited to extend the primary vehicular entry to the site through the new building, its position and configuration establish an axis linking the forecourt, through the sanctuary, and visually extend it out and across the lake. The simple metal box, figured through site conditions and interior spaces, allows for standardized structure and cladding to produce a dynamic form. The singularity of the main volume is broken down through simple modifications to respond to the functions, light conditions, and spatial effects of the interior. Three rectangular wood paneled boxes pull out of the main volume to define the multi-faith worship center [off the narthex], the blessed sacristy [axially located off the alter] and the linked Catholic and Protestant Sacristies [extending off the alter in the other direction]. The simplicity of their forms foil the complexity of the main sanctuary space. The entry court becomes a plinth, flanked by two earth berms that nestle the edges and bound the entry as an outdoor room. The bell tower anchors the horizontal plaza and produces a fractal glass projection surface that reflects like stained glass across the surface of the outdoor sanctuary. A shallow reflecting pool edges the forecourt and connects the bell tower back to the chapel.
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