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GLENN MURCUTT + VINCENT VELASCO MEDITATION HUT ADVISOR: CARL LEWIS PESCADERO STATE BEACH + PARK, CA 2008 A SCREEN FROM THE MENTAL; A SCREEN FROM THE PHYSICAL Glenn Murcutt’s buildings frequently involve the enviornment in the design process. In an attempt to adapt the architect’s principles, the meditation hut focuses on a concept of screens - what and how should something be screened. One’s meditation needs can be many - isolation from the real world, calm breezes, bright - or an absence of - light, or just a plain area to sit on. Two large loadbearing walls create the primary form of the structure, with a cantilevered, sloped roof to protect the hut from light rain. The materials are renewable and local, such as the reused timber in the meditation hut walls. To accomodate the user’s needs, the main meditation area is built with only two walls, both of which cantilever out to the shore. The user is welcome to utilize screens in the hut for privacy, or to keep the area completely open, with views looking out to the beach or the peninsula. Additionaly, the user may decide meditation is done on the beach - s/he can conveniently walk down the ramp. As human beings are diverse, they methods of meditation vary. A hut that adapts to the user, is essential.
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