KHRAM

KHRAM: Temple of three religions

MAKHNO Studio come Architetti

KHRAM is a place for prayer, reflection and meditation in the midst of Ukrainian nature in the Poltava region. A place to communicate with the inner and higher self.

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CHALLENGE

To create a sacred complex that will be close to adherents of different faiths. Without direct references to any of the religious traditions, but with an atmosphere that immerses in spiritual experience.

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To create a sacred complex that will be close to adherents of different faiths. Without direct references to any of the religious traditions, but with an atmosphere that immerses in spiritual experience.

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LOTUS SEED

The complex consists of an open square, a three-dimensional figured wall at the entrance, and three separate spherical rooms for solitude, prayer, and meditation in small architectural niches.

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Thus, from above, it resembles a lotus fruit with three seeds - a symbol of spiritual potential on the path to enlightenment.

ENTRANCE

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The large, rounded square in front of the entrance is where you greet the temple and leave everything worldly behind. Leave your shoes here on the wooden floor and walk through the three-dimensional wall inside.

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This 3D wall serves as a boundary between the mundane and the spiritual, made of QUADROPOD ceramic blocks assembled in an elegant three-dimensional pattern. And it is symbolic, because KHRAM has no further fences.

SPHERES

Next, you can enter one of the three spheres of the complex. These are large sloping balls with through holes made of adobe blocks - a mixture of unbaked clay, straw and sand.

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These "living walls" breathe, i.e. absorb excessive humidity, fumes, all kinds of pollution, viruses and microorganisms, and shield electromagnetic fields and radio waves. They protect against cold in winter and heat in summer.

There is a niche for a fire inside the sphere: light it to make a tea party or just cover it up and leave the space free.

Good. Then we leave you alone with the Creator.

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You can come here at dawn, when the first rays of the sun break through the lace of the temple wall, reaching the very heart.

You can come in the afternoon, when the light creates a majestic picture inside the spheres, crossing the prayerful darkness.

It can be in the evening, when the glow of the hearth through the openings of the spheres goes to the very horizon to dance with the stars, galaxies, and the entire Universe.

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