Platform proposal

A comparable catalogue of the world's religious architecture.

No place exists today where a church can submit floor plans, video walkthroughs and technical documentation to be measured — against the same criteria — alongside any other church on the planet. Templum proposes that standard.

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Measurable criteria
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Evidence types accepted
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Equivalent platforms today

Ranking

Ordered by composite score. Each row uses an icon derived from the church's floor plan.

Sort by composite score or by seating capacity — the ranking reorders instantly, nothing here is fixed to one formula.

What documentation is accepted

Four upload channels, each feeding different criteria in the score.

PDF / records

Historical records, descriptive reports, inventories of assets. Feeds age, heritage and art scores.

CAD / DWG

Floor plan, sections and elevations. The primary source for area, volume and the plan icon.

Video / walkthrough

Interior walkthrough, exterior drone footage. Feeds architectural quality and state of preservation.

Photography

Interior, facade, ornamental detail. Cross-checks what's claimed in the rest of the evidence.

1 · Plan upload
PDF or DWG of the church, dimensioned or not.
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2 · Outline extraction
The nave's outer perimeter is isolated.
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3 · Simplification
The outline is reduced to a clean line icon.
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4 · Review
Approved by hand before it's published next to the name.

How a church gets submitted

From a public form to a notification for you, with human review in between.

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Public form

A priest, diocese or visitor fills a short form: church name, location, contact.

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Submission inbox

The request lands in a dedicated inbox and an applicant list, not published yet.

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You get notified

The team reviews the inbox and summarizes who wrote in and what they're asking for.

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Template goes out

A reply goes out with the data-upload form once the submission is approved.