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2008 Governor General’s Medals
in Architecture
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Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church |
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 This new church and community centre has been conceived as a direct reflection of the liturgical vision of its Baptist congregation. This liturgical vision has a dual focus - fellowship, which the church characterizes as horizontal relationships between people, and spirituality, which is seen as a vertical relationship between people and God.
The physical form and experience of the church directly reflect this vision. Horizontal roofs and views to the wood lot setting characterize the community wing, while soaring vertical forms that with an emphasis on natural light from above characterize the sanctuary.
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Jury Comment:
This project defies the indifference of its site and creates a transporting architecture via a reduced but ambidextrous material palette. Teeple’s unparalleled sculptural mastery is well suited to the spiritual programme, where controlled, but requisite natural light becomes palpable merely through the manipulation of gypsum wall board and its off-the-shelf metal extrusions. |
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Pina Petricone, MRAIC |
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