架构师提供的文本描述。北长老会在城市克利夫兰有一个独特的教会。随着集会人数的减少或重新安置，来自各种教派(包括长老会)的城市教堂正在克利夫兰市中心以惊人的速度关闭和退役。由于教会的社会经济和精神背景各不相同，北教会一直努力在这个被称为家园的破旧社区内继续其事奉。为了维持它的神职人员，北教会做出了选择，离开它的超大和昂贵的历史建筑。教会运作的预算非常少，主要由伙伴教会的捐款提供，因此新设施的建造、运营和维护成本极低。

Text description provided by the architects. North Presbyterian Church houses a unique congregation in urban Cleveland. With dwindling or relocated congregations, urban churches from a variety of denominations (including Presbyterian) are being closed and decommissioned at a staggering rate within Cleveland's urban core. With a congregation from diverse socioeconomic and spiritual backgrounds, North Church has fought to continue its ministry within the blighted neighborhood it calls home. To sustain its ministry, North Church made the choice to move out of its over-sized and costly to maintain historic building. The congregation functions on a shoestring budget funded largely by donations from partner churches, thus the new facility had to be extremely low cost to build, operate, and maintain.

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新的北教堂的地点是一座现有的废弃工业仓库，在那里教堂与一系列附属的非营利社会组织战略性地并置在一起。北教堂希望在更大的建筑群中有一个独特的、可分辨的、诱人的形象。现有建筑的空间限制意味着保护区必须与所有租户共享空间，提供可由可移动隔板分割的大型会议和集会空间。

The site for the new North Church is an existing abandoned industrial warehouse building where the church is strategically collocated with a series of affiliated nonprofit social organizations. North Church desired to have a unique, distinguishable, and inviting image within the larger complex. Spatial limitations in the existing building meant the sanctuary was required to be shared space with all tenants providing large meeting and assembly spaces divisible by movable partitions.

建筑利用圣所的多用途功能来提升神圣崇拜空间的空间品质(对称、体积、间接自然光)。作为一个混合的天篷/大教堂，天花板表面起伏，以创造一系列的拱顶，最大限度地利用空间容量，同时隐藏外观的硬件和头部所需的移动隔板。在一种用于建造滑板公园的耐用竹树脂材料中，分面天花板面板被细分为一个动画三角形图案，可容纳照明、暖通空调和洒水系统。为了最大限度地节约材料和制造，有限数量的三角形瓷砖形状重复在各种各样的图案贯穿始终。反光彩色面板被引入，与教堂前家的彩色玻璃窗相呼应。

The architecture capitalizes on the multi-purpose function of the sanctuary to enhance the spatial qualities that characterize sacred worship space (symmetry, volume, indirect natural light). Conceived as a hybrid canopy/cathedral, the ceiling surface undulates to create a series of vaults that maximize the spatial volume available while simultaneously concealing the appearance of hardware and headers required for the movable partitions. Clad in a durable bamboo resin material used in the construction of skate board parks, the faceted ceiling panels are subdivided into an animated triangular pattern that accommodates lighting, HVAC, and sprinkler systems. To maximize material economy and fabrication, a limited amount of triangular tile shapes repeat in a variety of patterns throughout. Reflective colored panels are introduced that echo the stained glass windows from the church's former home.