Meditation Space

2016, EPFL

In collaboration with Christophe Gautier and Noé Waller

Professors: Marco Bakker and Alexandre Blanc, Marie-Luce Jacquier.

On land located at the very end of the Rhône flowing into the Mediterranean Sea, a place of meditation and silence. Away from roads or buildings it is wind, sand and water that are the main forces in the area. The meditative ritual would be sequenced in three phases: arrival, preparation, meditation. They are reflected in the architecture of the site, which consists of three buildings. The materials used for the project come from the site itself: the load-bearing walls of the building are made of adobe and the arches and vaults of dry earth, made up of sand, clay soil and water. The formwork is in driftwood and the base in limestone.