VUU Oasis Town Square
OASIS TOWN SQUARE is the unanimously approved Campus Master Plan for the Valley Unitarian Universalist (VUU) Congregation in Chandler, Arizona. In 2018, WBA was selected by the VUU Board to lead visioning sessions with the VUU congregation to establish priorities and deliver contractor-estimated Master Plan Options. The Master Plan emerged from UU principles in service of their Community and Faith within limitations of their site / resources. VUU consensus determined that inherited existing Sanctuary at campuses SE corner would be re-purposed as a Fellowship Hall ringed by – a new kitchen, new restrooms / showers, existing nursery and new Faith Formation rooms – which would importantly integrate preschool, kindergarten-1st grade, 2nd-3rd grade, 4th-5th grade (from across the parking lot) behind a ‘new VUU identity scrim’ that would create a dialogue with an equally scaled new Sanctuary / Multi-Purpose Room (for music and spoken word) at campuses NE ‘main entry corner’. In between is a third space – an OASIS TOWN SQUARE – which serves as meeting / overflow space for what was envisioned as an Interfaith Center serving VUU and other congregations and causes in the East Valley.
VUU Oasis Town Square
OASIS TOWN SQUARE is the unanimously approved Campus Master Plan for the Valley Unitarian Universalist (VUU) Congregation in Chandler, Arizona. In 2018, WBA was selected by the VUU Board to lead visioning sessions with the VUU congregation to establish priorities and deliver contractor-estimated Master Plan Options. The Master Plan emerged from UU principles in service of their Community and Faith within limitations of their site / resources. VUU consensus determined that inherited existing Sanctuary at campuses SE corner would be re-purposed as a Fellowship Hall ringed by – a new kitchen, new restrooms / showers, existing nursery and new Faith Formation rooms – which would importantly integrate preschool, kindergarten-1st grade, 2nd-3rd grade, 4th-5th grade (from across the parking lot) behind a ‘new VUU identity scrim’ that would create a dialogue with an equally scaled new Sanctuary / Multi-Purpose Room (for music and spoken word) at campuses NE ‘main entry corner’. In between is a third space – an OASIS TOWN SQUARE – which serves as meeting / overflow space for what was envisioned as an Interfaith Center serving VUU and other congregations and causes in the East Valley.
VUU Oasis Town Square
A successful Capital Campaign for VUU OASIS TOWN SQUARE exceeded expectations but fell short of fully funding the approved VUU Campus Master Plan. WBA continued to work with VUU thru 2019-2021 to study possible changes to original Master Plan / Schematic Design to work within Capital Campaign funds and other sources for funding the OASIS TOWN SQUARE. In 2022 WBA was hired to achieve VUU goals and priorities established in original VUU visioning sessions within the existing inherited Sanctuary. This led WBA to re-discover and fully leverage the latent potential within the original sanctuary plan to transform, grow and expand the VUU congregation and increase its community outreach and valley-wide impact.







