{"id":247481,"date":"2025-03-31T15:23:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T19:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=canvasflow&p=247481"},"modified":"2025-03-31T15:23:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T19:23:21","slug":"church-of-joy-bangkok-thailand-boy-2024","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/church-of-joy-bangkok-thailand-boy-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verses Inform The Design Of Thailand’s Church Of Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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March 31, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Wilson Barlow<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>Spaceshift Studio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Bible Verses Inform The Design Of Thailand’s Church Of Joy<\/h1>\n\n\n

2024 Best of Year Winner for Building Fa\u00e7ade<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The interplay of light, shadow, and geometry is driven by sacred meaning in the Church of Joy by Department of Architecture Co.<\/a>, with the architectural details referencing Bible verses. Cascading precast-concrete pleats enveloping the 5,400-square-foot con\u00adgre\u00adgation hall in Bangkok, Thailand, recall the \u201ccurtain\u201d of Exodus 26:33, symbolizing the separation and the connection between the spiritual and the mortal. A dichroic Covenant Cross re\u00adfracts sunlight into a spectrum of colors, embodying Genesis 9:16\u2019s \u201crainbow.\u201d By night, the illuminated cross trans\u00adforms the structure into a radiant beacon, echoing the \u201clight of the world\u201d in Matthew 5:14-15. At this intersection of divine faith and worldly design is a place for worship that\u2019s no less beautiful to more secular passersby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PROJECT TEAM: AMATA LUPHAIBOON; TWITEE VAJRABHAYA TEPARKUM; WARAPHAN WATANAKAROON; PONGPAT POLSORN.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n