"Contemporary Church Design" and a Roll-Off Dumpster?

The members of the Building Committee continue to work through the summer organizing all of the myriad details related to the forthcoming renovations of the Fellowship's building.

Here's an interesting article by Aspen Group that talks about contemporary church design for 2017.

As the Storage Sub-Committee finishes up a detailed catalogue of the Fellowship's storage spaces, here's another timely article in which Aspen Group discusses issues related to church storage.  How do we decide what we need to keep and what we need to pitch?  Roll-off dumpster anyone?

This month a company we've hired will come onto the property with their equipment to drill for and analyze soil samples.  In addition, we have hired a company to survey the property.  We also continue to meet with representatives from Barrett Studios, our architects.  A busy month!

Personnel Changes and Storage

1.  We've had a couple of personnel changes on the Building Committee.

• Larry Sherwood, Co-Chair, has resigned in order to devote his energies to the Capital Campaign fund.  
• Karen Douglass was nominated and voted on to serve as Co-Chair with Jim Highsmith. Co-Chair.
• Kevin Muller, (Consultant) is now an official member of the Committee.  He will also serve as our Consultant.

2.  A sub-committee of the Building Committee, called the Storage Sub-Committee, has started a catalogue/list of every item in every storage space at the Fellowship.

This Thursday, the sub-committee will meet to strategize  how we can determine how much storage space we have presently and how much we would like to have after the remodeling.   

Weekly Architectural Update

Here is a bullet point list of Barrett Studios'  progress to date:

- Analysis of the City of Lafayette zoning code, ongoing.

- Document the existing floor plan background in CAD (Computer Assisted Design), completed.

- Document the existing space program and establish a preliminary proposed program, completed.

- Visits to the building for site analysis and conceptual visioning, 2 visits made, more to come.

- Document site analysis & conceptual ideas, ongoing.

Over the next couple of weeks Barrett Studios will continue to develop diagrams and conceptual sketches that investigate site layout options from a macroview.  

They're looking closely at entry and approach on the site as well as opportunities to integrate beautiful outdoor areas with existing and new building areas so that they make the most of what we have on site.  

They'll also be working to solidify the zoning code parameters, and their meeting with the planning department is key to that resolution.

One helpful item for the program that was discussed is to have staff and/or volunteers assess overall storage needs. 

"The game is afoot!" - S. Holmes

Holmes tells Watson:  Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot. Not a word! Into your clothes and come!

Sherlock Holmes Quote

-The Adventure of the The Abbey Grange

  

It's been a busy two weeks for the BVUUF sleuths collecting data:

1. After reviewing proposals from 3 different survey companies, they've hired Ehrhart Land Surveying Service to survey the Fellowship's property.

2. After much ado, they located the Fellowship Title Commitment Documents and forwarded them to the surveyor.

3. They're in the midst of hiring a soil testing company to analyze the soil in and around our property.

4. They paid a retainer to the architects, Barrett Studio,  to begin preliminary conceptual designs.

   
   It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
   
   
   Sherlock Holmes Quote
   -A Scandal in Bohemia