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Rocco Design Architects creates skyscraper church in Hong Kong



Wesleyan House Methodist International Church is a 21-storey high-rise church in Hong Kong, topped with a Sky Chapel with views across the city and its harbour.
The building, which stands in a densely populated area of the city, is described by Hong Kong-based Rocco Design Architects as "a vertical skyscraper church".

The 11,000-square-metre church is situated on a small 800-square-metre plot on the corner of two major roads near the Hong Kong Jockey Club Happy Valley Racecourse.
Due to the small size of the site all of the church's functions, including the sanctuary, chapels, worship hall and offices are stacked vertically in the tower and topped with a chapel at the top of the building.
According to Rocco Yim, founder of Rocco Design Architects, the building marks the first time that a church has occupied the whole of a high-rise.
"This is not the first skyscraper for church functions, but is apparently the first where religious gatherings take place both close to the ground and at the top-most floor," Yim told Dezeen.

"Wesleyan House is a high-rise religious institution. Urbanistically it responds to the city's compact context. Spatially it caters to the congregation's desire for an informal and liberal spirituality, as espoused by the architecture's 'flowing' and 'embracing' gesture."

The majority of the church's public functions are located on the tower's lower floors, with the main auditorium located on the first floor above an ...
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