Spaceshift Studio Archives - Interior Design https://interiordesign.net/tag/spaceshift-studio/ The leading authority for the Architecture & Design community Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:23:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://interiordesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ID_favicon.png Spaceshift Studio Archives - Interior Design https://interiordesign.net/tag/spaceshift-studio/ 32 32 Bible Verses Inform The Design Of Thailand’s Church Of Joy https://interiordesign.net/projects/church-of-joy-bangkok-thailand-boy-2024/ Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:23:15 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/?post_type=canvasflow&p=247481 Department of Architecture Co.’s spiritual design for the Church of Joy in Bangkok, Thailand, blends the interplay of light and geometry with divine faith.

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A white building with a large white tower

March 31, 2025

Words: Wilson Barlow

Photography: Spaceshift Studio

Bible Verses Inform The Design Of Thailand’s Church Of Joy

2024 Best of Year Winner for Building Façade

The interplay of light, shadow, and geometry is driven by sacred meaning in the Church of Joy by Department of Architecture Co., with the architectural details referencing Bible verses. Cascading precast-concrete pleats enveloping the 5,400-square-foot con­gre­gation hall in Bangkok, Thailand, recall the “curtain” of Exodus 26:33, symbolizing the separation and the connection between the spiritual and the mortal. A dichroic Covenant Cross re­fracts sunlight into a spectrum of colors, embodying Genesis 9:16’s “rainbow.” By night, the illuminated cross trans­forms the structure into a radiant beacon, echoing the “light of the world” in Matthew 5:14-15. At this intersection of divine faith and worldly design is a place for worship that’s no less beautiful to more secular passersby.

A white building with a large white tower
A building with a lot of windows and a lot of windows


PROJECT TEAM: AMATA LUPHAIBOON; TWITEE VAJRABHAYA TEPARKUM; WARAPHAN WATANAKAROON; PONGPAT POLSORN.

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