In mid 2017 the brief was set to rebuild a busy community church in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway to make the most of a busy space much in need of modernisation, with the need for natural light being central to the success of the project.
The brief stated that there was a requirement to build a purpose built ‘home’ for the established Dumfries Baptist Church, an ambitious new community church building where all are welcome to serve local people and the church family - and a central meeting-place for many and varied community groups. The building was designed to be a flexible community hub, comprising workshops, conference facilities, meeting spaces, youth outreach facilities, full catering facilities - in addition to a full specification games hall and multiuse games area. A lot to ask in a limited floor area, so delivering maximum light into both rooms and corridors was paramount.
To deliver on their natural light requirements, the project’s architects McLean, specified FAKRO Z-Wave FTP-V centre pivot roof windows and L-Shape BXP windows throughout, to flood the 400 seat flexible sanctuary space - and most importantly the communal corridors and congregation areas with light.
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