case study

Project Name: St. Therese of Carmel Catholic Church: Parish Hall Project Location: Carmel, California
Design Firm: domusstudio architecture Product Secified: Custom CYP Total Amount: 750 yards

b carpet creates flooring with a purpose for st. therese

The flooring in the Parish Hall at St. Therese of Carmel in San Diego’s Carmel Valley needed to perform miracles –
with the space serving as a gymnasium one minute and easily changing into a theater or banquet hall the next.
It’s a true multi-purpose facility, used for school athletics, assemblies, plays and musicals, as well as parish dinners, receptions,
Christmas programs, religious education, and more. To meet these diverse needs, a somewhat unexpected flooring choice was
selected: carpet that even basketballs can bounce on, as if it were a wood floor.

The custom carpet from B Carpet was created to be extremely dense, with low pile height, to allow for a surface hard enough
for the school athletic program, but with a design stunning enough for theatrical performances, receptions and other church
functions. “We chose this particular carpet because of its ability to add beauty to the look and feel of the hall, accommodate the
multi-purpose use of the facility, and provide durability and easy maintenance,” says St. Therese Director of Operations John
Carney. “Our architect, domusstudio architecture recommended this carpet as the best solution for our social center hall. And
our Parish Building Committee met on several occasions to review samples and pick the final design and colors.”
b creative. Over 30 years of custom carpets.

“Our sales agent Glenn Thomas of The end result has been a carpet
GCThomas worked closely with that’s received praise all around.
domusstudio, communicating the With the help of a high performing,
capabilities of our internal design aesthetically pleasing carpet, this
team and manufacturing group,” space at St. Therese does triple duty
explains B Carpet CEO Elizabeth (dinners, stage performances and
Moore. “He’s one of the most sports), without any of the functions
experienced and effective sales being compromised. The use of this
associates in the flooring industry, multipurpose hall at St. Therese of
and we certainly benefited from his Carmel has far exceeded expecta-
great skill. I expect to see more great tions and allowed numerous
CYP basketball/reception carpet ministries to expand their activities
projects in the future.” in support of the Parish.

A custom design, the carpet selected

for St. Therese looks similar to
stained glass in a cathedral. Its
intricate pattern is perfect for hiding
stains – a major concern in a multi-
purpose area with such heavy use.

“This carpet was created as a macro

mural design,” explains domusstudio “We chose this particular carpet because of
architecture Senior Associate David its ability to add beauty to the look and feel
Keitel. “That means each roll was of the hall, accommodate the multi-purpose
butted and stretched next to the use of the facility, and provide durability
other to create a mural design, and easy maintenance.”
which was made possible by B
Carpet’s CYP machine. It was
paramount that the dimensions and
proportions of the integral basket-
ball and volleyball court lines in the
macro-pattern be precise. We were
concerned that the basketball court
lines wouldn’t line up with such big
rolls and the required tolerances,
but they were within a half-inch
over the length of the 84-foot court
when installed. And the seams were
well hidden in the lines in the carpet
design. Fortunately, B Carpet
monitored the production very
closely, and we had an installation
contractor who really understood
the product.”

Jay Dominy Photography