House for 12 philosophers, Kilmartin, Scotland 2012

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LIBRARY - CORRIDOR 12 philosophers-12 desks-12 bookcases 1 view on to the quarry- nothingness/imagination/meditation

NORTH ENTRANCE/EXIT

JOURNEY STARTS WITH PASSING TROUGH MEADOWS AND FLOURISHING GARDEN WHICH SYMBOLISES LIFE. IT STARTS WITH PASSING A RURAL STONE WALL AND TERMINATES WHEN REACHING PHILOSOPHER HOUSE

THE PATHWAY THEN LEADS DOWN TO QUARRY WHICH IS SEEN BUT NOT PHYSICALLY TOUCHED AND EXPERIENCED AS IT SYIMBOLISES DEATH AND ALLOWS TO THINK WHAT HAS BEEN THERE BEFORE. BIG GLAZING REFLECTS THE OPPOSITE HILL ALLOWING BUILDING TO FIT IN THE SURROUNDING

SOUTH ENTRANCE/EXIT +DISCUSSION ROOM


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