Debartolo Architects were commissioned to develop a master plan for the growing church in a satellite community of Metro-Phoenix. Debartolo Architects developed a new language for a church that named themselves after an existing pistachio grove that once and still partially thrives on their 22 acre site. With three existing buildings, built by the congregation and designed by volunteers, the idea was to develop a more strategic approach to the next generation of development, growth and use of the entire site.
Inspired by the existing 10-acre grove of trees on the site, combined with the church’s humility and passion to “send” people from their church around the world to places like Liberia and Haiti to serve – the idea for a new worship space is one that terraces down into the ground to create a diverse collection of seating environments.
