Towards the Japanese tea house He is clearly motivated by an aversion to the traditional church building and traditional Christian worship. This is an approach to design only taken by rank amateurs, says Sovik, because it is the easiest solution to a design problem. He believes that axial symmetries are troublesome. If we declare that people are really the focus of what happens in the liturgy then any very strong architectural focus can subvert our intentions. Thus Sovik argues against the tabernacle, crucifix, cross or altar as a central focal point in liturgical space.
Chairs have the advantages of flexibility.
Out with the pews then, he recommends, and in with portable chairs. Sovik would not want anyone to mistake his centrum for a church. It is simply to provide enough elevation so that certain liturgical functions which need visibility can get it. Its genus is the dining room table. It is the table at which the a ritual meal is served, and its symbolic value is like that of the dining table in the home.