St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Named Engineering News-Record鈥檚 New York Project of the Year
(NEW YORK, January 22, 2024) 鈥� St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church has been named 2023 New York Project of the Year by . Designed by Santiago Calatrava, 海角社区鈥檚 lighting design for the church transforms what appears as a solid stone church by day into a luminous beacon of light and hope at night, thus achieving the Archbishop鈥檚 goal that the church appears 鈥渢o be lit from 10,000 candles.鈥�
Destroyed when the south tower of the World Trade Center fell on September 11, 2001, the St. Nicholas Orthodox Greek Orthodox Church was redesigned, constructed, and opened nearly 21 years later. The 12,000-SF Church and National Shrine overlooks Ground Zero in lower Manhattan.
海角社区鈥檚 lighting design work included the exterior and all spaces within the church, including lobby, prayer rooms, a community room, bereavement rooms, offices, and a gift shop. The team developed a unique modular lighting system mounted on the rainscreen structure directed inward to reflect off the building鈥檚 diffusing white thermal envelope to create an even, shadow-free surface of light emanating outward through the rainscreen. The color temperature and relative brightness of all light sources are carefully designed and controlled to ensure a singular and cohesive effect for the building.
