New Church Building Designs
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Planning a new church? Do you want you new church to sound great the first day it open? Have you been told you can "fix it later" or "lets see what happens and after a few months we can fix it." It is true that you can fix the acoustics of a church at any time, but then you and the Architect loose the control of how the church looks. The Aesthetics decision eventually descends to salesmen, church laymen and acoustical experts who battle through the trenches and settle on compromises. Both the Acoustical expert and the church board compromise so much that most acoustical fixes are a bust. So how to acoustical experts gain any trust?
Myth - Church Acoustics is more Art and wishful think than a Science. Answer - False. Architecture and Aesthetics are the Art and Acoustics is pure science at it's best. Yes, acoustics is one of the more complex sciences that baffles most Architects with it's infinite variables and the many ways you can work with it. For those who understand acoustics, they master sound so well that the hard work that goes into a project seems like what they did was magical. For those who don't understand acoustics usually dismiss our profession as a hobby and non-essential. If church acoustics was just a hobby, then it shouldn't affect the income and attendance of a church up to 20%. When a church dismisses acoustical design, isn't that like saying 10 to 20% of it's income and membership are not essential? Are you satisfied with your church collecting up to 20% less tithes and offerings every week and every year until you have your acoustics and sound managed properly? Whether a church likes it or not, acoustics drives the Architecture and the Aesthetics of a worship space. When a church ignores acoustics at the beginning of a church design, they often second guess themselves later on in the design process and try to hope that what they have will magically work (isn't that also called misguided faith?) People become fearful of any serious interior architectural design because of that acoustical monster. As a result, others will decide how the interior of the church will look. When acoustics is included, everyone can have more of what they want. Joseph De Buglio has designed churches that look good and sound great. Some consider his work cutting edge, others see it as state of the art. Joseph sees his work as honoring God. In all of his work God comes first and his goals are to remove any barriers between the listener and the person giving the message. Just because the ocean of air between the minister and the people is invisible, it doesn't mean it's not active at helping or hindering the work of spreading the Gospel.   For a new church, investing in acoustics is about paying for the right information to avoid the pitfalls which turns a potentially good building into a disaster. Most new church designs that churches sketch out before bringing them to an Architect are most often good designs. Some are even great designs. How come most churches get something else? This is why acoustical is important. It will keep the church focused on it's original design. |
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As an independent acoustical and sound system consultant, Joseph gets to
work with churches in all stages of their life cycles. He has compiled
a very extensive array of church design details where there is no need
to second guess what works and what doesn't. This saves a church on design
cost in a big way. |
Mid construction  Photo July 2011 We offer on site project supervision  Photo July 2011     |
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