More Welcome Shade Coming to Saint Barnabas on the Desert Episcopal Church

New meets old, as construction is underway at Saint Barnabas on the Desert Episcopal Church. Oculus Studio designed a new 200-foot pedestrian arcade that will extend an existing 1960’s era arcade to a newly renovated Children’s Center. Families, staff, visitors, and clergy will now have continuous shade as they move between buildings throughout the Paradise Valley campus. The design challenge was to develop a sympathetic structural form using steel, that would be in harmony with the minimalist precast concrete arcade built generations ago. The solution was to replicate and continue curved archways in homage to the renaissance period, where perspective was used to stitch disparate activities and landscapes together. For overall continuity the new arcade will be painted to match the existing arcade and campus buildings. The new arcade is part of the larger “Welcoming the Neighborhood” project, as Saint Barnabas looks to a vibrant and thriving future being a source of inspiration and light, in the current uncertain times and beyond.

Dedication and positive attitude of the project team members makes the difference. The new arcade Arizona-based project team includes Chris Winters and Associates as the Landscape Architect, Oculus Studio as the architect and designer with engineering provided by Cypress Civil, Woodward Engineering, and Caruso Turley Scott. The project construction team includes Redden Construction and Resolute Performance Iron, Inc.

Architecture, Shade Structurejesse hensonOctober 6, 2021Saint Barnabas on the Desert Episcopal Church#weclomeshade, #campusarchitecture, #saintbarnabasonthedesert, #pedestrianshade