Designing for Relationships

Written By Derek DeGroot, Aspen Group Architect

Any good designer knows one universal truth. It’s all about relationships. Relationships with the space, with God, and especially with others. Whether it’s designing Worship space that connects you with God, or Third Place space that connects us to each other, it’s all about the relationships.

Does that old Fellowship Hall really foster any connection? Does the dated Worship facility invoke any emotion? We need space to help us let our guard down, to feel warmth, to feel…something.

How about connecting to community? What does that space look like? Connecting with teammates, or small group friends, or the boy scouts? A space can facilitate that connection. Make it richer. Enhance Ministry. Make it grow, like water and sunlight to a plant.

Does your church space facilitate relationships as well as your leadership and ministries do?