架构师提供的文本描述。教区建立新的精神家园的目标是创造一个不仅仅是周日礼拜场所的目的地。一个社区中心，教区居民可以在那里通过礼拜、宗教研究、娱乐、艺术欣赏、音乐和餐饮等方式，度过他们的团契。教堂在新泽西州北部买下了一处占地24英亩的场地，有基本的建筑和开放的区域，以建立一个强大的社区校园。现有的户外娱乐和反思区，加上一个以前的宗教设施，为这座新建筑创造了条件。

Text description provided by the architects. The Parish’s objective for their new spiritual home was to create a destination that was more than a Sunday worship space.  A community center setting where parishioners could spend their day in fellowship through worship, religious study, recreation, art appreciation, music and dining. The Church acquired a 24-acre site in northern New Jersey that had the base structures and open areas to establish a strong community campus.  Existing outdoor recreation and reflection areas together with a former religious facility set the scene for the new building.

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这座占地32，800平方英尺的新建筑，可容纳380名崇拜者，其声学设计是为了容纳音乐演奏会和表演，以及传统的功能。在服务区的另一端，一个多用途的空间聚集了教区居民在服务前后的活动。这个两层楼的空间有一个阁楼艺术画廊，展出教区居民的作品。舒适的座位区域从上面的大天窗接收自然光。较低级别的有三个不同年龄组的儿童礼拜堂，这些礼拜堂是在成人聚集时使用的。

The sanctuary of the new 32,800 square foot facility accommodates 380 worshipers and is acoustically designed to accommodate music recitals and performances as well as its traditional function.  Across a service zone, a multipurpose space gathers the parishioners before and after services.  This two-story space has a mezzanine art gallery featuring works by parishioners. Comfortable seating areas receive natural light from a large skylight above. The lower level contains children’s chapels for three different age groups, which are occupied when the adults are in mass. 

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娱乐空间还包括室内篮球场和厨房设施。圣所的整体垂直鳍有三种主要功能：它们允许透过图案玻璃的地板到天花板的缝隙在空间内或向外扩散光线；它们与天花板系统一起增强了表演的音质；最后，它们是景观中的雕塑元素。楼梯的垂直表现形式，就像一座典型的钟楼一样，被大门正面的水平线条所取代。楼梯的立面采用红砖、木门和人行横道的视觉玻璃，以温暖的口感迎接教区居民。

The recreation space also includes an indoor basketball court and a kitchen facility. The monolithic vertical fins of the sanctuary have three primary functions; they allow diffused light in and out of the space through floor-to-ceiling slots of patterned glass; they reinforce the acoustic quality of performances along with the ceiling system; and lastly they are sculptural elements in the landscape. The vertical expression of the stair, which serves as a beacon much like a classic bell tower, gives way to the horizontal lines of the main entrance façade.  The façade incorporates a warm palate of materials utilizing bands of red brick, wood doors, and vision glass at a pedestrian scale welcoming to parishioners.

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