BRC Update

Since our last update, the Building Resurrection Committee (BRC) has been actively working to finalize our architect selection process and continue to develop the information necessary for the early stages of designing our new church campus. It has been a month of contract negotiations, site visits to other churches and information gathering with members of the Malibu Presbyterian Church community.

Our New Architect - Dominy + Associates

Based on the BRC's recommendations, the Session of Malibu Presbyterian Church unanimously selected and approved using Dominy & Associates (www.domusstudio.com) as the lead design architect for our project. Dominy & Associates is a well respected firm based in San Diego, one that enjoys an outstanding reputation for church design.  The firm was chosen based upon multiple factors, including experience in designing church projects similar in size to ours, historical ability to meet project budgets and schedules, efficiency in the costs of their design concepts and their ability to understand the unique way in which Malibu Pres uses the facility for its various worship and ministry activities.  

After receiving Session approval, the BRC negotiated a design agreement with the firm and is now prepared to start the design process.  Our first meeting with the Dominy &Associates design team took place during the middle of the month of April. We introduced the principals of Dominy to the congregation.
In addition to hiring an architect, the BRC has also been at work engaging the services of independent firms to perform soils/geotechnical studies as well as on-site wastewater treatment options.  This information will be necessary when we eventually apply for building approval from the City of Malibu.


Collecting Information - Building Consensus

The other important step we are taking is to gather the necessary information to create a design that will best serve the interests of our church, moving forward.  Since last fall, we have been soliciting and analyzing input from survey forms, programming questionnaires and interviews.  This process continued again in April with a planning study conducted by Resource Services, Inc. which included two focus groups, online surveys and additional interviews.  We want to thank everyone who participated in these activities and gave us your input.  

While everyone has their own thoughts and ideas about what our next church should be, we hope this process will provide us with direction in developing a campus that will allow us to fulfill the vision and mission of MPC and, most importantly, bring glory to God Our Father.
 

Next Steps

In the coming months, the BRC will begin the challenging task of working with our architect and creating the design for our new church campus.  We will be reconciling what we would desire in our church with the constraints imposed by our building budget, schedule considerations and regulations imposed by the City of Malibu.  Tough, but necessary, decisions will be required to get all the pieces of this puzzle to fit together properly.  While trade-offs are a natural part of this stage of design, the BRC will be working cooperatively with Session and MPC staff in seeking the optimal solutions for our future church home.