All Saints’ Church: Original Construction

Program: Chapel
Construction: Addition
Area: 17,000sf

All Saints' Church initially engaged Farewell Mills Gatsch Architects to develop a Master Plan for its secular and non-secular spaces. As a result, a long-term plan for renovations, modernization, and new additions was developed. The project was executed in two parts: an Existing Conditions Assessment and Programming Phase which was followed by a Design Phase.

Farewell Mills Gatsch met with various constituencies of the Church and prepared a summary of the Church's operations and space needs. A conditions assessment was completed, with coordination of its architectural survey with those of its structural, civil, and MEP engineers. The report was supplemented with a code and zoning study. Developed from valuable information gathered in these previous studies, sound growth strategies were formulated for the expansion of the congregation and their structure.

Farewell Architects was selected to execute the first design phase undertaken in the Master Plan. Phase one included the design and construction of an enlarged Chancel with raised platforms for choir, organ accompaniment, storage, and access to the choir rehearsal room below. The new east wall of the Chancel is glazed to provide a sense of transparency and extension to the church.

All Saints’ Church: Renovation

Program: Liturgical
Construction: Renovation/Addition

The All Saints’ Church episcopal church offers weekly worship services for their local congregation and the surrounding community. The church building is also host to a preschool and supplementary education facilities throughout the week. Recently, the rectory strived for a means to more efficiently utilize their assembly space and kitchen areas. Farewell Architects, having completed designs for their chancel a few years prior, worked to develop a connection satisfying the needs of both the church and the school. A new modest addition will soon be under construction that provides a floor to ceiling glazed circulation area for two sides of the three-sided courtyard. The interior will also see a new efficient heating and cooling system, accessible restroom, kitchen and storage area renovation.

Currently under construction, this renovation and addition seeks to reconfigure the social spaces of All Saints Church in Princeton, NJ. It includes an assembly hall, kitchen, seminar room, and support spaces.