{"id":3436,"date":"2024-10-28T10:30:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T11:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coinpop.me\/?p=3436"},"modified":"2024-10-28T11:40:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T11:40:30","slug":"john-puttick-associates-expands-st-leonards-church-with-glulam-porch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coinpop.me\/index.php\/2024\/10\/28\/john-puttick-associates-expands-st-leonards-church-with-glulam-porch\/","title":{"rendered":"John Puttick Associates expands St Leonard’s Church with glulam porch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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British studio John Puttick Associates<\/a> has refurbished a Grade II-listed church<\/a> in Hove, East Sussex, introducing a 4.5-metre-tall timber extension<\/a> that acts as an entrance porch.<\/span><\/p>\n

St Leonard’s Church has also been updated to provide flexible space for family- and community-focused activities while maintaining the building’s historic character.<\/p>\n

According to John Puttick Associates<\/a>, the goal was to establish the church as an “open and welcoming place”, after its congregation had started to dwindle and its facilities were deteriorating.<\/p>\n

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John Puttick Associates has refurbished St Leonard’s Church in East Sussex<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

John Puttick Associates relocated the church’s entrance from behind a gated porch on the south elevation into the slatted glued-laminated timber (glulam) extension, which has been added to the west.<\/p>\n

Topped by a standing seam zinc roof, the 4.5-metre-tall porch is designed to echo the architecture of the existing building while acting as a contemporary counterpart.<\/p>\n

It features two sets of timber doors that open towards the street and the rear of the site, as well as festoon lights that have led St Leonard’s Church to be known locally as the “bright and light church”.<\/p>\n

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A 4.5-metre-tall glulam extension has been added<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“There was a perception that the building looked ‘closed’ which the church team wanted to overcome,” studio director John Puttick told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“They were very keen to use the building in a more multi-functional way, to host more community-focused activities alongside worship,” Puttick continued. “The new porch is deliberately designed to echo traditional forms and the geometry of the existing building, while its contemporary expression signals a new start and welcomes people in.”<\/p>\n

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The structure acts as an entrance porch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Visitors are welcomed through the timber extension into a community cafe with a counter crafted from repurposed choir stalls. Complementary joinery follows the original herringbone patterns found in the church’s tiling.<\/p>\n

The original singular, open-plan congregation space has been transformed with glazed screens installed along the central row of arches to offer two congregation spaces. These are designed to operate simultaneously, with the larger northern nave for main worship services and the southern nave for intimate gatherings.<\/p>\n