Locations and Case studies
Research Locations
At the present time we have visited over 200 sites, both within the UK and overseas (including sites in Germany, Macedonia, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the USA and Canada).
Within these spaces we have:
- Produced measured drawings.
- Taken photographs and videos.
- Researched the history of their formation.
- Interviewed a range of key informants.
An interactive map of the places and spaces we have visited can be found on the right, along with a link to comprehensive list of these sites.
These sites include:
- Airports & Railway Stations
- Hospitals & Hospices
- Prisons
- Universities & FE Colleges
- Schools
- Public Buildings
- Shopping Centres
- Crematoria & Mortuaries
- Business Premises
- Entertainment & Sporting Venues
- Independent Multi-Faith Centres & Quiet Rooms
- Outdoor Shrines
- Modified Single Faith Buildings
- Single Faith Buildings relevant to the Study
Triemli Hospital Raum der Stille, Zurich.
Going Deeper
From the materials documented above, we have investigated a number of areas in greater detail; including detailed socio-historical investigation, and wide ranging stakeholder interviews. Specific Spaces include:
- The National Exhibition Centre (Birmingham)
- St Philip's Centre & Church (Leicester)
- Birmingham Airport
- The Burnley & Pendle Faith Centre
- The Multifaith Centre at the University of Derby
- Nuremberg Airport (Germany)
- Dublin City University Inter Faith Centre (Ireland)
- The UWE Bristol Living Centre
- The University of Cambridge Multifaith Chaplaincy Centre
Wider-scope Case Studies include:
- The shared shrines of Macedonia
- The intertwined religious heritage of Glastonbury
- University MFS around Boston (Massachusetts)
- 'Rooms of Silence' in both the Netherlands and Switzerland
- Planning a new MFS for Manchester (St Peter's Chaplaincy and Faith Network for Manchester)