SPACE July 2026 (No. 704)
Within an existing dry garden surrounded by a green pergola, there is a deceptively modest room devoted to Buddha’s ascetic principles. The room follows the rectangular language of its surroundings and its bare, rough, material expression. The room is a monolith, a compact object entirely made out of reinforced concrete with thick recycled and exposed aggregate. The room is deceptive in at least two respects. Upon arrival, it responds to the axial symmetry of the garden and yet, since it is ornate in its finely tuned brick-like patterning, it does not unveil its true scale.
