Designing a room that wasn't built for church
C3 Mosaic took a five-year lease on a commercial space and had to turn it into a church people could find, enter and sit in, with the brand carried from the street to the seat.
The constraint
A structural column sat in the sightline between part of the seating and the platform. It could not be moved. The seating plan had to work around it while still planning for growth, and everything had to be reversible enough for a leased space.
What we made
- Exterior and interior signage carrying the identity from street to sanctuary
- Wayfinding for a building that had never been a church, so first-time visitors could find the entrance and the room without being told
- Sanctuary seating layouts solving the column sightline, with configurations for current attendance and for growth
- Platform and projection placement worked around the room’s light and geometry
Outcome
[FILL: seating capacity achieved, or how many compromised seats the final layout eliminated.]
The insight worth naming
Most churches under 200 are renting, converting, or growing into a space that was not designed for them. A case study about solving a column is more relatable to them than any logo.