Polished concrete floors for churches?
One of the things I liked architecturally about First Jefferson Unitarian Universalist Church, Fort Worth, was the floor. A tinted, polished concrete floor that (appeared to) wear well, made good use of resources and didn’t fight with the modern design of the walls and ceiling.
I thought then and now that if I were in an urban building retrofit-as-church building, I would do worse than having a sealed concrete floor. (Yes, that’s the kind of thing I think about.)
And Apartment Therapy has an article about it today.
30 November 2006 at 10:48 pm
But what if you drop the baby when you’re baptizing it? It’s head would SMASH!
30 November 2006 at 11:54 pm
That’s what the baptistry tongs are for.
4 December 2006 at 6:25 pm
The Berkeley UU church has polished concrete floors. Bright acoustically. Stand up to lots of wear and tear and still look good. Not very friendly on the feet. But yeah, I liked the polished concrete floors in that church.
And wouldn’t it be cool to emboss a big Chartres-style labyrinth into the floor when you pour the concrete?