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Infinity Chapel on dezeen.com Minimalist Modern Chapel Design; Light and Architecture

May 27th, 2010

curved wall detail: Infinity Chapel by hanrahan Meyers architects see more photos of the project here

hanrahan Meyers architects (hMa's) recently completed Infinity Chapel, featuring a cube shaped sanctuary deformed by light, was recently published on dezeen.com. To read more about hMa's modern, minimalist Chapel design, visit the firm's website, www.hanrahanMeyers.com.

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view of sanctuary: Infinity Chapel by hanrahanMeyers architects LLP

photo by: Michael Moran

sanctuary view looking down hallway toward offices: Infinity Chapel by hanrahan Meyers architects LLP

photo by Michael Moran
Sacred Architecture and Green Design : Victoria Meyers to speak about Infinity ChapelGod Comes to Earth: Designing Sacred Spaces for Environmentally Sensitive Times 10/26

October 22nd, 2009

Infinity Chapel by hanrahanMeyers architects click here to see all photos of Infinity Chapel on hanrahanMeyers.com

Victoria Meyers of hanrahan Meyers architects will be participating in a panel discussion on Sustainability and Religious Architecture at the Center for Architecture on Monday October 26th, details below. hanrahan Meyers architects (hMa) have completed one church in Queens, New York (Church of the Light). In addition to Infinity Chapel, the firm currently has a new Buddhist retreat in construction in Claverack, New York.

In addition to developing a track record for religious buildings, hMa has a reputation for sustainable and Green design. hanrahan Meyers have been the master plan architects for Battery Park City's North Neighborhood since 1997. In that capacity, hMa has overviewed the construction of over 1 million square feet of green construction, including several acres of sustainable, green landscape design. hMa wrote the design guidelines for all buildings built in the North Neighborhood since 1997, including the Solaire, the first LEED certified high-rise residential building. hMa currently has a 65,000 square foot community center in construction at Battery Park City which is headed for Platinum LEED certification.

To read more about hMa's architectural projects related to sacred spaces, as well as the firm's cutting edge green designs, go to the firm's website, www.hanrahanMeyers.com, and click on 'sacred spaces' or 'green', under 'Projects'.

God Comes to Earth : Designing Sacred Spaces for Environmentally Sensitive Times

When: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM MONDAY, OCTOBER 26

Where:

The Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Place
NY, NY 10012
(212) 683-0023

info@aiany.org

For many religious groups, caring for the environment is not an option but a spiritual imperative. For such congregations, green design goes beyond building materials and systems to address the relationship of the building to the site and of the congregants to nature. The relationship of man to nature and nature to spirituality has dramatically changed in this era of environmental awareness.

The program God Comes to Earth explores ways in which architects can design places of prayer that acknowledge this paradigm shift. Sustainability will be a key factor.

Panelists

– Michael J. Crosbie, Ph.D., AIA, Editor of Faith & Form
– Rabbi Lea Cohen, Congregation B’Nai Chaim, Georgetown, CT
– Alexander Gorlin, FAIA, Alexander Gorlin Architects
– Victoria Meyers, AIA, Hanrahan Meyers Architects
– Henry Stolzman, FAIA, PKSB Architects, P.C.

Click this link to read an article on the "God Comes to Earth" Panel in eOculus

view of Reading Room: hanrahan Meyers architects' Infinity Chapel click here to see all photos of Infinity Chapel on hanrahanMeyers.com
Art on Air Radio’s Will Corwin InterviewsVictoria Meyers of hanrahan Meyers architects

September 23rd, 2009

Victoria discusses Infinity Chapel (above), a project currently under construction in Greenwich Village, NYC

Victoria Meyers recently sat down for an interview with Art on Air Radio host will Corwin. They talk about hMa's design philosophy and current projects. Click the player below to listen to the full interview (35 min).

Click HERE to play the interview!
Infinity Chapel in Construction : Curved Wallssacred spaces; chapel design, modern church design; minimalist architecture

September 16th, 2009

view of chapel from mezzanine; Infinity Chapel by hMa, August 2009

detail of curved walls under construction, August 2009

view of mezzanine and curved wall; Infinity Chapel by hMa

Click here to view all photos of Infinity Chapel at www.hanrahanmeyers.com

Shown above are in-progress photos of Infinity Chapel designed by hanrahan Meyers architects. The chapel design evolved out of conversations between the Architects and the members of the Church: Tenth Church of Christ, Scientist.

The clients requested a minimalist chapel design that included dyanmic curves and that was in touch with Nature. The final design for the Chapel reflects research by the Architects into hypercubes and other advanced mathematical forms. The Chapel interior is a cube, deformed by light.

hanrahan Meyers architects specialize in the design of public buildings that connect to light and to nature. The Chapel's windows look out into a public meditation garden which will be the focal point of members sitting in the pews during sermons. The garden is planned to have plantings including a background of Ilex and ivy, with Japanese Red Maples in the foreground. The garden design is a collaboration between hanrahan Meyers architects and GRDN: www.grdnbklyn.com.
Award winning Sustainable Architecture : Hyper-Practice (as slow as possible) contemporary ideas in architecture; sustainable design

September 1st, 2009

Just as a hyper-cube has ever changing facets, hMa aspires to have a ‘hyper-practice’. Even with its infinite folding and unfolding - the hyper-cube is a unique and singular object. Even as it incorporates, time and infinite possibilities of form and information, the hyper-cube retains its ability to be recognized.

hMa has a similar image of their practice which they see as a unique figure intellectually joined to a hyper-spherical object. As a ‘hyper-sphere’ – hMa is a generative practice that grows, stretches, and morphs over time, without losing its original form. Idea diagrams for hMa's most recent project, 'Infinity Chapel', are presented below, relating Infinity Chapel to the shape of an infinity sign, as well as the three-dmensional shape of a hyper-cube. Infinity Chapel is designed as a minimalist chapel with the form of a perfect cube, deformed, through time, by light. This deformation process pushes Infinity Chapel into the form of a hyper-cube.

hypercube diagram

If we could, hMa would leave the planet with our own architectural version of John Cage’s musical composition, Organ² / ASLSP (As SLow aS Possible) – currently being played over 639 years by its interpreters in Germany. Cage’s piece is an all-encompassing time-piece that touches the earth lightly. Using a similar approach to our architecture, hMa hopes to achieve a similarly powerful impact, using minimal means.

Infinity Chapel represents hMa's overall concept of buildings that move and transform, over time. The Chapel is dynamic in form and self-sustaining.

Infinity Chapel by hanrahan Meyers architects

hMa sees their practice as a sustainable approach to creating buildings and places of beauty. John Cage’s engagement with the world made an impact on people’s lives through works that were often silent, but powerful. hMa strives to impact human life through a similar relationship between art and beauty by building projects that respect the environment and occupy the planet with minimal impact.

To see hMa’s version of an ‘infinite unfolding over time’, visit our website, www.hanrahanMeyers.com. Pass through the site’s main portals by hitting: ‘hMa blog’; ‘Cultural Conversations’; and ‘hMa Research’. These three portals keep hMa engaged in the world in a way that changes, in reaction to time, just as you would expect a hyper-practice should.

left: John Cage; right: the bellows for the custom-made organ currently playing Cage's "ASLSP" in a performance in Halberstadt Germany scheduled to take 639 years to complete

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Infinity Chapel in Construction : Curved Walls

June 24th, 2009

Infinity Chapel- chapel view looking out toward storefront

In construction – curved wall and stair to mezzanine
Victoria Meyers featured in ArchNewsNow

June 5th, 2009

hMa partner Victoria Meyers was quoted in an article by Norman Weinstein entitled, “WORDS THAT BUILD: Translate Images Into Touching Performances”. The following is an excerpt from the article, which is part of a series by Norman Weinstein focusing on the overlooked foundations of architecture: oral and written communication:

A crucial and commonplace communications breakdown between architect and client occurs when an architect does his or her detailed presentation. The architect and educator Victoria Meyers addresses this disconnect incisively: “Space is a very abstract art form and it is very difficult to communicate to a client ahead of time what they are buying into. We will build very specific physical models and computer models, we’ll do renderings, we’ll provide material samples, and I know exactly what the space consists of before it goes into construction. Still, it’s always a shock for the client.”

Read the full article here.

Infinity Chapel
hMa research : material + form, sound + light

November 4th, 2008

research

Many of hMa's projects develop from specialized areas of research into natural phenomena and the way in which they shape material and form. Research topics have included the shaping of space for sound and light with curved and faceted surfaces. Advanced methods of construction including prefabrication have informed hMa's materials research, emphasizing those methods of building that accomplish the most with the least means.

WAVELINE : LATIMER GARDENS COMMUNITY CENTER
QUEENS, NY

PREFAB HOUSE
EASTON, PA

INFINITY CHAPEL
GREENWICH VILLAGE, NY

QUEENS MUSEUM OF ART (COMPETITION)
QUEENS, NY

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Best Wishes for 2007

February 12th, 2007

stair

second floor gallery

hanrahan Meyers architects (hMa) are pleased to announce the opening of the Juliana Curran Terian Pratt Pavilion. Pratt Pavilion is a focal point of Pratt's Brooklyn campus, and forms the focal point of the new Pratt Design Center. The project will be featured in an upcoming issue of Arquitectura Viva,was a featured project on Archidose, and will be featured on Architecture Week's weekly blog. The project is being featured in an upcoming Phaidon Press book on significant new architecture in Brooklyn.

hMa also will start construction on the Infinity Chapel, designed for the Tenth Church of Christ, Scientist congregation. Infinity Chapel is sited on the ground floor of an existing building one block North of Washington Square Park in Lower Manhattan. hanrahan Meyers redesigned the facade of the building with a floor to ceiling clear glass storefront, facing onto MacDougal Street. This project is a significant change for the Christian Scientist congregation, who are pursuing a very open, public image for their house of worship and Christian Science Reading Room. The Church hired hMa after discovering Victoria Meyers' book, Designing with Light, published with Abbeville Press in 2006.

For more details about the above referenced projects, please visit hMa's website : www.hanrahanMeyers.com

hMa donates a portion of the firm's income each year to Nature initiatives. This year, we are donating funds to the Conservation Fund, in support of their Wildlife Corridors initiative. This program creates natural zones through cities and towns, connecting wildlife movement between natural preserve areas.

hMa wishes you a successful 2007.