In the church that I have been designing, I have been attempting to create a space with a lot of symbolism, in an attempt to get people to think more about the sacrament. To be fair, I kind of went overboard with designing it, but I like what I have so far.
The baptismal font is in an octagonal pit at the entrance to the church. The reason for the location and the bridge is to show that it is only through baptism that we are able to enter into God's presence. The 8 sides curve in to give the feel of being inside a boat to remind us that God saved 8 people through the flood. In the stairs are cascading fountains. The stairs descending into the pit are painted red to represent the blood of Jesus,and the stairs ascending are white to represent being made pure in the waters of baptism.
There is more symbolism and art to be worked into it, I just figured this was good for today.
Would you hope to use real stone to give it a lasting feel on the outside? I ask only b/c I hate the fake stuff ... but sadly I realize real building are expensive.
ReplyDeleteIf this church was ever built I would push for stone. Partially because of the "lasting feel" and partially because if I ever ended up at a church that had the resources to do a baptismal font like this, I would assume they would have the money to do they whole church right.
ReplyDeleteIf you look at this post http://designedlutheran.blogspot.com/2011/12/church-design.html it gives you an Idea of the building it will go into.
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