DCDCDC LSC About

...is a new effort by the Detroit Collaborative Design Center to provide churches and other institutions (nationwide) professional services to effectively plan and launch new projects. The service assists congregations in defining project goals, budget and schedule and conducts the selection process for the full design team. The Design Center can provide full design services, partner with local design firms, or serve in a consultative role for projects at varying scales. We also provide workshops and educational presentations for congregations, diocesan liturgical commissions and others involved in the design and construction of worship environments.

...earned a BA at the University of California, Irvine (focus: Environmental Psychology – how people are affected by their built environments) and a Master in Architecture from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. After working three years as an Architectural Designer, primarily with non-profit groups in Los Angeles, he entered religious formation, and received an M.Div from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley in 2002. After Ordination he served as Director of Liturgy for a large multicultural congregation in San Jose, California, and continued his study on the relationship between religion and architecture at Yale from 2004-2005, earning a Master of Sacred Theology. He currently services as a Senior Research Design Fellow at the Detroit Collaborative Design Center where he explores the design of Sacred Space.
click here for Gilbert Sunghera's resume (pdf)