Hope
Chapel Windows  Presbyterian Hospital of Plano Plano, Texas Architecture: HKS Architects, Dallas Interior Design: Hermanovski Lauck Design, Dallas 855 square feet (79.4 sq.m) As the physical focus of the chaplaincy program at Presbyterian and Childrens Healthcare Center, Hope Chapel provides a 70 seat nondenominational meditation and worship area for the hospital's patients, visitors and staff members. The chapel's stained glass relies on color and non-specific symbolism to convey an enlightening sense of strength and reassurance that allows each person to respond in terms of their own beliefs about God and religion. |
Recipient of the highest Honor Award
from the AIA's Interfaith Forum on Religion Art and Architecture  click above image for a larger view |
The powerful yet serene central area of warm color and white implies the transcendent wonder of an infinite creator.
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Because of the chapel's location at the intersection of two four-story building wings and its view directly into these wings, the night sky etched on flashed glass and symbolizing the material world reintroduces intimacy into the chapel.
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This commission incorporates our unique installation system that requires only vertical mullions in the primarily window framing. After the exterior glazing of insulated glass units is in place, stained glass panels are "stacked" between the primary mullions with much smaller cross-mullions. These flat, low profile mullions ground the weight of each panel into the vertical mullions thereby preventing unacceptable weight from accumulating on the lower panels.
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