A Buddhist Temple
Connecting Identity
Massing 1: Mountain and Influencing Geometry
The first massing explore utlizing separate buildings with a central focus and public space radiating out from the center, growing atop the surrounding structures as if they were a mountain. The conceptual idea focused on was centered around using the central element as the inner connecting identity and the public space were meant to be its influence joining them together. Forms emerged from these surrounding abstract pieces, reflecting the pure geometry of the center, seeing its influence on them. Symbolically these can also be related to the mountains of the first sites of buddhist worship with the geometric forms representing the modern influence on tradition.
Initial Massing Explorations
Massing 1: Mountain and Influencing Geometry
In this massing exploration, the central geometry became a literal connecting element joining abstract forms by a clear and direct circulation space emerging from the hierarchical geometry.
Massing 2: A Connecting Geometry
In this exploration, the path between the spaces becomes the connecting identity, physically connecting separated progrmatic elements through a common and visible circulation.