We were recommended at the beginning of the semester to subscribe to different Architecture websites, read books and magazines which are architecture related. I followed this advice and thanks to http://news.architecture.sk/2010 ,  a website that shows a different buildings, residences, etc I get to see a variety of architecture everyday.

This is an old one but it's a project that I really liked. The name of the project is "House in a Church" and the core idea is how the everyday life mixes with the spiritual life. One of the element that I enjoy the most is how the destination or main attraction of the house is where the altar used to be. Talk about Destination! I think this goes very well with the whole idea of the relationship between the Everyday and the Spiritual. The atrium serves as a major light source and as a form of communication between both floors.

The real communication between the everyday and the spiritual can be noted as how the house was built. The residence was essential built inside the church. The atrium serves as the interaction between what was the old church and what is the new residence. The private area of the living space (bedrooms, bathrooms, etc) is almost completely closed to this interaction except for a window that is facing the atrium space.

You can see the interaction of the spaces here