Fred and Fay Haas Memorial Interfaith Chapel, Prescott, Arizona
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| Fred and Fay Haas Memorial Interfaith Chapel | |
| Designer | Kane Architecture, East Hardwick, Vermont, USA |
| Location | Prescott, Arizona, USA |
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| Building Type | Church |
| Climate | Hot Temperate |
| Context | Rural |
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| Client | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University |
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"Some controversy over this project greatly enlivened the Jury. As elemental in program as Anschen & Allen’s dramatic 1956 Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona, AZ, or Lloyd Wright’s 1951 Wayfarer’s Chapel in Palos Verdes, CA, and with an almost equally spectacular site, the work modestly conveys the notion that the building should take second place to the landscape while yet calling attention to the latter’s great beauty.
The resulting project has a diagrammatic clarity and simplicity of expression. A long gently sloping roof is the organizing element whose broad overhang extends the interior, connecting it to the sweeping valley, yet shades and cozily shelters the occupants.
The winding approach along the hillside enters to form a clear divider/connector between the private (meditation, office, etc.) and the expansive, open sanctuary.
Controversy arose concerning the seemingly rigid interior arrangement, which pointed to a conventional “liturgical” order rather than the interactive and less formal possibilities of interfaith dialogue and/or services. Disputed also was the articulation of the great view window by horizontal and diagonal structural members, which of course were necessary to withstand strong wind forces but yet seemed to counter the architect’s intention of simple clarity.
Nevertheless the project was thought of as refreshingly modest yet powerful."
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- "New England AIA Awards", Brian Libby, ArchitectureWeek No. 451, 2009.1104, p N1.1.
