St. Lawrence Catholic Parish & School Master Plan

Indianapolis, Indiana

CONTEXT collaborated with entheos Architects to develop a Master Plan that accommodates continued parish growth while maximizing efficiency, cohesiveness, and safety on a land-locked 10½ acre site.  Early design studies identified challenges such as major pedestrian and vehicular circulation conflicts, a general sense of disconnect between structures, and limited outdoor activity space.  The site is further complicated by the striking difference in uses from school day recesses and child loading/unloading to weekend masses and kickball tournaments.  The solution unites significant existing structures and planned architectural elements into two cohesive structures whose axes converge internally on the Patron Saint Shrine.