jun - 2020
As churches begin to reopen here are some suggestions for adjusting physical space to meet the CDC’s protocols:
GENERAL
1. Insist that masks be used and that families should stay together.
2. Have trained volunteers clean before and after each service. Follow CDC’s guidelines.
ARRIVAL
3. Use trained volunteers to monitor parking lots. Block alternate stalls to avoid cars parking next to each other.
4. Provide arrows showing 1-way pedestrian route to extent possible.
5. If available, use one set of doors for entry and a separate set for exit.
6. Prop doors open at the beginning and end of services.
INSIDE
7. Consider placing on aisle and lobby floors 6’ spacing decals:
Distancing-COVID-19 Durable Stickers
8. Cover hand fonts.
9. Use tape, ribbons, or the like, to mark off pews in 6-foot sections
10. Block off every other pew row and eliminate cross over by allowing only one person or family to enter from each aisle
11. If chairs, retain every third chair in the row and remove the others. Stagger rows of chairs so that no chair is closer than 6’ to each other.
Ushers should help couples, families and others from the same living group gang chairs together, maintaining 6’ minimum from other congregants.
12. Install hand-washing protocol posters in each restroom and use trained volunteers to monitor bathroom for use by one person or family at a time.
DiLoreto Architecture is here to help. Let us know if we can assist you in implementing any of these suggestions or to provide specific ideas for your church.
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jun - 2019
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jun - 2019
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jun - 2019
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jan - 2020
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jun - 2020
We were recently recognized by General Contractor Magazine as one of the best church architecture firms in the country. The evaluation methodology took a range of criteria into consideration including history of work, customer satisfaction, awards and recognition, quality of work, clientele, and online presence.
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oct 2018 -
George Arthur King: 1941 - 2018
Our collaborator and mentor and friend, has died. George designed many of the light fixtures used in our buildings and took many of our project photos.
He will be greatly missed. Viva George.
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dec - 2020
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Founder Chris DiLoreto's op-ed on multi-family housing in the world of COVID-19 selected as editors choice.
aug - 2021
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