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The project was grounded in the belief in the potential and ability of the key architectu-
ral constituents structure, form, space, light, colours and materials to produce an
emotionally rich architecture. The investigation also involved extensive research into
architectural precedents, the phenomenology of human perception and cognition,
and the intangible qualities, or the essence and meaning of a spiritual architecture.
A key element of the design methodology were the concepts of ‘bliss’ and ‘flow’, which
involved creative immersion in freehand modelling and pencil sketching, and supportd
the notion of ‘sensory thinking’ through the use of the hands in creative work.
The resultant scheme has an inseparable relationship to the theory behind the project and exis
ts as a fusion of ideas from numerous strands of research on spiritual precednts,the architectur
al constituents, human perception and cognition and Dhamma philosophy
Golden discs attached to the portholes The golden disc which is covered with
small tiles of gold leaf covered with
glass tiles
Structure System
The final built form of the structure can be described as a flattened sphere consisting of a
huge chamber suspend in a massive concrete mesh globe mounted on four parts of concrete
pillars at the exact centre of the chamber a crystal globe mounted has been placed as a focal
point of attention. the profile of the structure, though geometrically controlled, is not
mathematically definable for the purpose of understanding, the shape can be approximated as
a surface of revolution of an ellipse 36mx2m. four pairs of 38m high sicle-shaped piers,which
are theucturally principle load baring components of the structure support the space frame.
Structure of the Matri Mandir