Page 5 - Bernardon K-12 Statement of Qualifications

As a result, the chapel has an adaptable design so that it can
function as a space for reflection and meditation, a place for
Catholic Mass, Christian service, and an area for Muslim Prayer.

Hovering above the main entrance to the new campus, the
Sanctuary is located on the third floor at the crossroads of activity
between the renovated five-story, 55,000 SF heavy timber
and masonry historic warehouse building and a three-story,
48,000 SF, three-story addition.

An array of stained glass windows announces the Sanctuary as
one approaches from any direction. Bernardon collaborated
with Sister Helen David Brancato, I.H.M., who created a
composition of vibrant colors of overlapping glass, separate and
unified, which reflect and celebrate our diversity and the beauty
of God’s creation.
Students are welcomed under a portal framed by reclaimed
wood from the warehouse, which is employed throughout the
design, to a small transition space, intended to invite quiet and
centeredness, before pivoting into the Sanctuary around a glass the Philadelphia skyline and the firmament above. Here is a
font of water, suggesting healing, cleansing, and new life. contemplative place for meditation, adoration, and community
worship.
The arched ceiling sweeps forward and beckons one toward a
high glass wall overlooking the street life of Allegheny Avenue, All are welcomed in the Sanctuary.

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