A worship room is an auditorium with one added demand: people do not come to watch a show, they come to take part. The geometry has to create closeness without sacrificing sightlines.
We design auditoriums for congregations of 100 to 1,500 seats, resolving capacity, sightlines, comfort, circulation and platform with performance-architecture criteria.
Every decision answers a concrete question: where are the bad seats, how do people move between two services, and where does a latecomer sit without interrupting?
Seating layout defines the experience far more than wall colour does.
Shortens the distance to the back row and strengthens the sense of community. Extreme viewing angles to the screen need care.
The assembly can see itself, which helps congregational singing. It requires a platform resolved on three fronts.
Technically easy, but it pushes the back far away and cools the gathering unless compensated with slope and screens.
With enough clear height, a gentle slope improves sightlines more than any other single move.
A full band, lectern, table, baptistry and choir do not fit on a minimum platform. We size it for the real format of your services.
Between 60 and 110 cm depending on floor slope: too high distances the preacher, too low hides them from row ten onward.
We design the backdrop as architecture — timber, textile, light — not as scenery replaced every season.
Discreet side access, a tuning area, instrument storage and a route that avoids crossing the assembly.
High-density stacking chairs or fixed seats. A comfortable minimum width of 50 cm and enough row spacing to stand during worship.
Low-velocity air distribution and equipment away from the room: HVAC background noise is the silent enemy of intelligibility.
Wheelchair positions integrated into the seating, hearing loop and accessible routes all the way to the platform.
A generous lobby for after-service conversation, café, kids' rooms and a cry room with audio relay.
Estimates for new build or major auditorium refurbishment, excluding land and new-build structure.
| Capacity | Indicative construction range |
|---|---|
| 150 – 300 seats | €250,000 – €700,000 |
| 300 – 600 seats | €600,000 – €1,600,000 |
| 600 – 1,200 seats | €1,500,000 – €4,000,000 |
| Integrated design and supervision fees | 7 – 12 % of construction budget |
As a reference, 0.8 to 1.1 m² per seat in the room, plus 40–60 % extra for lobby, classrooms, restrooms and services.
Stacking chairs let you use the room midweek for other activities; fixed seats give more comfort and stable acoustics. It depends on how many uses the room has.
Yes. We define an initial phase and a planned expansion — risers, side wing or a second service — so growing does not mean rebuilding.
Yes, alongside the architect of record where new build requires it, with us leading interior, acoustic and stage design and finish supervision.
Tell us how many you are today, how many you expect in five years and what format your services follow. That is enough to sketch a first room hypothesis.