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Exterior of the great worship room
Across the entry pool is the gently arched window leading into the main worship room. The interior ceiling structure gives its contours to the external roof.
Baptismal pool
The Baptismal pool reflects the early Christian Baptismal pools by its cross shape, reminding the baptized as descending with Christ into the grave and being raised to newness of life. Note the slots to catch overflow and ...
Great worship room
A natural illumination takes place both from four clerestories at the corners of the room which culminate in a cross and the gentle arches at floor level. Note the balcony for additional seating for this large congregation.
Great church room
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1986)
The honeycombed reinforced concrete ceiling spans the entire church room. The chandalier is also an abstract sculpture.
The Ikenoue Church, Tokyo
Akiro Inadomi, architect.
Liturgical focus
The cross defined by the little golden rectangles reflects Pauline references to the glory of the cross.
Baptismal pool
Inside the entry is the Baptismal pool set against an abstract stained glass window, it's colors carrying the connotation of water and sacrificial blood.
Door Pull
Inadomi again uses the symbolism of a figure holding a book as entry into the great worship room.
Stairs
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 1986)
Stair lips were given the elegance of solid marble rectangles.
Door pull
The door pull takes the form of a fish, an early Christian symbol, the acrostic for which was Jesus Christ God's Son Savior.