{"id":736,"date":"2020-06-30T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T13:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mappedsites.cardiff.ac.uk\/wsaexhibition\/?p=736"},"modified":"2020-07-15T11:17:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T10:17:06","slug":"elizabeth-lau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsa-ondisplay.co.uk\/2020\/elizabeth-lau\/","title":{"rendered":"A SILENT RETREAT – ELIZABETH LAU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How can architectural design manifest meditation?<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The aim of this project is to encourage newcomers of meditation to feel included in the spaces and invited to participate in the meditative experience. Through a series of varying corridor spaces, I aim to bring visitors along a journey through meditation. One cannot understand meditation until they understand the benefits and reasons behind it. Therefore, the building attempts to see whether architectural spaces can reflect emotional processes as a starting point for meditation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Study showing the effects of changing dimensions of a room<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Perspective sketches of corridors<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The corridor is not commonly addressed in the architecture community, being neglected, and often seen as \u2018dead space\u2019. Though in reality, the corridor acts as a place of exchange that helps circulation around the building, to increase permeability around a space and a moment to help reflect on ourselves and being in the present. Conceptually, the building acts as a means of expressing contradictory emotions and feelings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n