First Unitarian Congregational Society

In Hartford, Lundy organized the radial plan and structural solution for the meeting house around twelve concrete walls that rise out of the ground into the cantilevers supporting the sanctuary roof. A system of steel cables from John A. Roebling's Sons Company of New York spans between the radial walls to carry the four-by-six-foot, double tongue-and groove, wood-decking roof system over the support spaces on the outer edge of the composition. A web of cables connected to the centralized cantilevered concrete walls lofts the tensile-supported roof over the worship space. A ring of illumination from clerestory opening surrounds the support spaces enters at ground level with views to the exterior. En Hartford, Lundy organizó la planta radial y la solución estructural para la casa de encuentro alrededor de doce columnas de hormigón que se elevan del suelo hasta alcanzar los voladizos que sostienen la cubierta del santuario. Un sistema de cables de acero de la compañía neoyorquina John A. Roebling´s se expande entre los muros radiales para llevar el sistema estructural del techo de madera de cuatro por seis pies, sobre los espacios de soporte en el borde exterior del conjunto. Una red de cables conectados a los muros centrales en voladizo del hormigón elevan el techo con soporte a tracción sobre el espacio eclesiástico. Un anillo de iluminación de la apertura de la oficina rodea los espacios de apoyo que entran al nivel del suelo con las vistas al exterior. Lundy carefully located the building on the inclined terrain. In his own words: “The site lies on a gently sloping hillside overlooking Hartford, approached from on up the slope. It gives one the feeling of being able to see from all directions and to see out from it in all directions. The concept is that many points of view draw together and become united in the center. One may start in one of many directions to reach the unity of the center; a unity of equality.