UUCB Building Plans, UU Church, Brunswick, Maine

 

Because our site is located within the town's Village Review Zone, the Village Review Board will need to grant a Certificate of Appropriateness for our architectural design. In particular the Board will want to see that our new church building will respect the visual character of Pleasant and Middle streetscapes and will reflect the scale, the textures, and the overall forms and relationships of those surroundings. The architects met with the Village Review Board on February 23 to discuss the proposed design. The response of the Board was positive and encouraging, which we greatly appreciate.
If you have any comments, please send them to a member of the building team or to uucbbuildingteam@gmail.com.

 

The Current Design At a congregational meeting on February 12, the congregation voted overwhelmingly to instruct the architects to develop a set of plans that incorporate a renovated Pennell House into the overall design instead of razing Pennell and building anew.   The building design is nearly final, though still subject to change. The sketches, elevations, and plans shown below reflect the design as of the date specified for each document. (Note - the 24x36 PDFs are large and may take some time to load.)

Conceptual sketch of apperarance as seen from the post office. Click on the picture at the left to download a 7x11 PDF version of the sketch. (May 10, 2012)

Conceptual sketch of apperarance as seen coming from  Maine Street. Click on the picture at the left to download a 7x11 PDF version of the sketch. (May 10, 2012)

Elevation views, four sides. Cllick on the picture at the left to download a 24x36 PDF version of this drawing. (May 7, 2012)

Basement plan. The new construction (sanctuary and connection to Pennell) is built on a slab. The basement of Pennell will be renovated. Click on the picture at the left to download a 24x36 PDF of this drawing. (May 7, 2012)

First floor plan. Click on the picture at the left to download a 24x36 PDF version of this drawing. (May 7, 2012)

Second floor plan. Click on the picture at the left to download a 24x36 PDF version of this drawing. (May 7, 2012)

Demolition plan for Pennell showing what stays and what goes in the renovation. Click on the picture at the left to download  a 24x36 PDF version of this drawing. (May 7, 2012)

Seating Capacity (Based on February 1, 2012 design) The next series of plans show various chair configurations and the amount of available seating that results. The arrangements depicted range from 174 seats to 284 seats. The differences are the width of the aisles and the use (or not) of the narthex for seating. The Sanctuary is designed for a maximum legal capacity of 292 people

174-Seat Arrangement. This layout has wide aisles and does not use the narthex for seating. Click on the picture to download an 11x17 PDF version of this drawing. (Febuary 1, 2012)

212-Seat Arrangement This layout has four foot wide aisles and does not use the narthex for seating. Click on the picture to download an 11x17 PDF version of this drawing. (Febuary 1, 2012)

228-Seat Arrangement This layout squeezes in more seating by reducing the width of the aisles to three feet. It does not use the narthex for seating. Click on the picture to download an 11x17 PDF version of this drawing. (Febuary 1, 2012)

284-Seat Arrangement (maximum capacity) By adding chairs in the narthex and opening the large doors between the sanctuary and the narthex, the 228-seat layout can be expanded by 56 seats to 284 seats if required. Click on the picture to download an 11x17 PDF version of this drawing. (Febuary 4, 2012)