I have finished a preliminary model for the recently released San Juan Puerto Rico Temple. Obviously little is known about the site right now, so this is a vary early design for me.
Be sure to click the image below to go to my San Juan Puerto Rico page for more facts and information on the temple.
Why flat ceilings? Almost none of our chapels buildings have flat roofs. Besides, it is not convenient in a tropical island like this one, for two reasons, the amount of rain we get, and the heat.
I don’t work for the Church, so I do not know why they make the design choices they do.
When I made this model, I was working from the Official Render released by the Church. This render does not show the roof.
It is highly possibly, as well as likely, that the Temple has a sloped roof hidden by the edge trim. They did this with all the small temples built during President Hinckley’s time.
I did not add such a roof to my model because I just don’t know for sure, and it is often easier to add this kind of roof to a later model, than to delete it from the model if it turns out I guessed wrong!