
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church & School
GROTH Design Group partnered with St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church & School to further expansion of the school and add new worship and gathering spaces.




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The challenge for site planning for St. Stephen was to fit extensive interior and exterior program requirements onto a 14 acre site. A portion of the site was not buildable due to the presence of wetlands. The site was also adjacent to a major interstate freeway, further restricting the placement of building components.
The building design has a contemporary architectural language that keeps with the suburban setting, while still recalling the form, materials, and details of the Parish’s existing historic church.
Completion
2009
Square Footage
27,400
Services
master planning
design development
consensus building
construction documents
full architecture
liturgical design
programming
schematic design
site analysis
site planning

GROTH Design Group partnered with St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church & School to further expansion of the school and add new worship and gathering spaces.

The project includes worship space with seating for approximately 1,000, gathering space, fellowship hall, offices, kitchen and basement.

The solution for this project was to design a glass faced space that both feels open and welcoming while also creating distinct zones that are comfortable at the human scale.