St. Patrick Eastern Orthodox Church
energy conservative church & school using Ferrocement
Dec. 1, 2014
ST. PATRICK EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH DESIGN 2014
Macdonald Architects applied passive geothermal foundation design in this prefabricated Ferrocement church and school building. The project began in 2012 with a design to remodel an existing wood framed farmers' market into a parish church in Opal VA. Just as construction was nearly complete, the building was burnt down by arson. A new church was designed for the same site using fire resistant galvanized steel reinforced Ferrocement.