Werribee Baptist Church

Category: Institutional

Description: This project is a new church facility including a 750 seat worship space, stage, foyer, cafe and amenities. The building floor area is 1,460m2.  Building services include airconditioning, audio-visual system and recycled rainwater. The main worship space has a raking ceiling which extends up to 7.0m in height. A large, water filled, walk in Baptistry is recessed into the stage. The external building facade is constructed from precast concrete, fibre cement cladding and colourbond metal wall cladding.

New car parking areas will also be constructed to provide 146 spaces with expansion for more in a future stage.

The new facility is being constructed at the existing church site, shared with the adjacent school. Car and foot traffic from the church and school has to be managed through the construction process.

Location: Werribee

Value Range: $1-$5million

Client: Werribee Baptist Church

Architect: Peter Anderson