Public, spiritual, and interactive oases for Central Union Church

Abstract

The creation of public, spiritual and interactive oases for Central Union Church was based on the following vision: Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, Central Union Church will benefit from a series of garden oases. Central Union will also be able to continue to reach out and serve the surrounding community by offering gardens which allow contemplation, education, spiritual, physical or mental healing, or just a space to sit and relax for a few minutes. Presently, Central Union does not have anywhere on their 8.4-acre campus designated as a garden or courtyard space for the congregation or community to come in and relax, be alone or recreate. In the following pages, are conceptual ideas and schematic design for three new spaces on the church campus. The final images and views were all created in a 3-D modeling program called SketchUp. Created from the base information in AutoCAD, this format helped to visualize the overall design of these three new oases for Central Union Church.