Mindfulness

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The Commons is designed to support learning that is experiential, holistic, and ecological. At an important campus nexus, it creates a beacon that welcomes students into its contemplative ethos.

Matthew Millman

Located at the northern entry to campus, the building is both a gateway and a beacon, marking the significance of contemplation in education.

The Commons embraces The Dell, allowing for nature to be integrated into the contemplative experience.

The entry lobby hosts a double height visualization screen that features curated content of nature. Materials were selected for their warmth and tactility, creating a welcoming space for repose and gathering.

The building incorporates regional red brick used across Grounds as well as fieldstone that echoes the landscape walls of The Dell.

Project • By Aidlin Darling Design • Bridges

The University of Virginia Contemplative Commons

Aidlin Darling Design has completed the University of Virginia (UVA) Contemplative Commons, a pan-university building designed to support student wellbeing through immersive, experiential learning and reconnection to nature. The four-storey U-shaped building houses multi-purpose studios, research spaces, and a range of sensory-led learning environments. Drawing from Thomas Jefferson’s vision of the university as a living landscape—where architecture and the natural environment shape the experience of learning—Aidlin Darling Design uses biophilic principles, passive strategies, rainwater capture and reclaimed materials to create a restorative space that has achieved LEED Gold certification. Matthew Millman Matthew... More

Archi-Tectonics

Project • By Archi-Tectonics • Shops

Inscape Meditation Studio

INSCAPE, a new meditation concept, opened in Manhattan 2016. Archi-Tectonics designed the Inscape concept not only as a one-off, but also for worldwide distribution. The first PROTO space in Chelsea occupies a large 6000sf ground floor. The space contains a set of large volumes; ellipsoid meditation spaces; a “Dome Room” and an “Alcove room”, an extensive retail space, as well as a lounge for guests. An important element of healthy living is found in lifestyle changes, meditation and ‘cleaner’ live-work environments. When developing the Inscape meditation concept, prefab construction, renewable materials, such as bamboo, linen and cardboard, became the driver of the spatial configueration. Medita... More