Church as Retail Space
August 28, 2009
Had your fill of retail boxes turned into worship space? Take a look at the flip side: a former Dominican church in Maastricht, the Netherlands, featured at Dezeen a couple of years ago and republished today in a survey of great retail spaces. Dutch architects Merkx + Girod won the Lensvelt de Architect Interior Prize for converting it for use as a bookstore in 2007. Be sure to read the online comments for debate on the appropriateness of the “repurposing”.
Ron Geyer is an architect in Greenville, SC who helps churches – new and old – make smart decisions about all of the buildings and spaces they inhabit and use in ministry.