The backstory here is that the kitchen was not in use, but it did have some beautiful stained glassed windows, and so the parish priest approached Canning Liturgical Arts to ask their expertise on how the space could be somehow repurposed. Canning performed some preliminary investigations and discovered there was a great deal of open space located above the drop ceiling that could be facilitate the renovation of this space into a small chapel. But to give you a better sense, here was the rather daunting challenge that the parish priest and Canning were initially faced with.
BEFORE:
Canning tells LAJ that their client desired an early-Christian inspired, Romanesque space. After Canning had completed a few design proposals for the parish priest and discussed options with him, the end result is the new liturgical space you will see here below, inclusive of a stone floor, gilded apse and a blue groin vault ceiling.
AFTER:
